203 THE NATURAl HISIOKT OF 



THE ARAGUATO. 



Mycetea ursintts. HUMBOLDT. 



PLATE XIX. 



Sitnia ursina, I/araguata de Caracas, Humboldt^ Observation* de 

 Zoologie, i. p. 329 and 355 Stentor ursinus, Geoffroy Saint 

 Hilaire, Annales du Museum^ xix. p. 108. 



THIS species was discovered by Humboldt and 

 Bonpland, who pointed out the distinctions between 

 It and the Mono Colorado, or red howler. It is thus 

 described in the zoological researches and personal 

 narrative of these travellers : 



" Having landed at Cumana, we saw the first troops 

 of Araguatos in our journey to the mountains of 

 Cocallor and cavern of Guacharo ; and although the 

 convent of Carisse is situated at a high elevation, and 

 the degree of cold during the night considerable,"* the 

 surrounding forests abound with the Araguatos, whose 

 mournful howling is heard at the distance of half a 

 league, especially when the weather is open, or the 



* Centigrade Thermometer fell to 70. 



