MONKEYS. 97 



ceived in the Edinburgh Museum ; and for the re- 

 mainder we are indebted to the beautiful but expen- 

 sive works of the continental naturalists. We have 

 made free use of Humboldt's Zoological Observa- 

 tions, and his History of the Monkeys of the Ori- 

 nooko j of Frederic Cuvier's great work on the Mam- 

 maliae ; Audibert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes, and 

 of Spix and Martius's History of the New Brazilian 

 species. 



Having thus so far endeavoured to detail the habits 

 and economy of this curious family, and the general 

 plan of our volume, we shall at once proceed to th 

 description of the animals themselves. 



