488 



THE HOWLING MONKEYS. 



readily domesticate themselves with man, and do not become in their 

 old age more impracticable or malicious than in youth. 



The Cebidse are divided into several genera, such as the Hoivlers, 

 the Atelce, the Sajous, the Saimris, the Nyctipitheci, or Nocturnal 

 Apes ; to which we may add, perhaps, the tribe of the Hapalidce 

 (Ouistitis and Tamarins). 





ixo MONK I:YS. 



To the Howling Monkeys we have found it convenient to refer in 

 a preceding chapter, and it is almost needless to remind the reader 

 that they owe their distinctive name to their habit of assembling in 

 the woods, and startling the echoes with a chorus of unearthly 

 noises. They chiefly inhabit New Grenada, Guiana, Brazil, and 



