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THE M0XK BAK1 : P MOXACHTS — >ee p. 110 ) 



The Bellowing Moxkev. X ' .is found on the borders of the Paraguay and in 



Brazil. Like the douroueouli, with which it is often confounde:!, it has a cry at night resembling 

 hat of the jaguar, and hence has been called the Mona-tiyer and TU'i-Uaer. Travelers are fre- 

 quently put in a state of trepidation by the cries of these innocent little creatures. 



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sataxic saki. — (See p. 110.) 



The If. Oseryi inhabits the borders of the Upper Amazon and Pern : the If. lemmimu is found 



in the mountainous pails of New Grenada. Thev live in small families, sleeping in nests of leaves 



iby day, and going forth only at night for food. They utter a frequent cry of douroucou, which 



has doubtless given rise to the name of one of the species, the douroueouli. The Yitoe, or H . 



felinus, is found in Bolivia and Brazil. 



Genus SAKI, Pithtcia. — The monkeys of this genus are marked by a short head, an angular 

 mnzzle, and a non^prehensile taiL They are gentle, intelligent, slender of form, and partially noc- 



