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APE^ AND MONKEYS. 



hair on the crown of the lioinl i.s noarly Hat. ami ilircctdl l)ack\vai-ils : this 

 form liavinj;- hfen ilescribed as C. alalia. In tlie othor variety, as sliowii in 

 the left - hand figure of the acconipaiiying engraving, the hair on tlie sides of 

 the crown of the head is k-ngthened, so as to form a pair of more or less 

 distinct longitudinal ci'ests; this variety being hence known as tlie horned 

 sapajou. 



Althougli subject to great individual variation in this respect, the general 

 colour of the thick and rather harsh fur is reddish-brown, becoming darker on the 

 middle of tlio back, as well as on the legs and tail. Tlie fore-arms, together witli a 



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THE HORNED SAPAJOC AND THE WEEPElt SAPAJOC (4 Hat. .size). 



broad .spot on the ei'own of the head and the whiskers, are nearly or ([uite black ; 

 while the front of the shoulders is j'ellowish. It is on either side of the dark spot 

 on the crown of the head that the ci'ests are situated in the " horned " ^^ariety. 

 The face and other naked parts have a violet tinge. 



This sapajou has been long known to science, a specimen having been exhibited 

 in the King's Menagerie at Paris .soon after tlie middle of the last centurj-, and 

 described by the French naturalist Brisson. Another example, described hy 

 Fredei-ic Cuvier, was exhibited in the same collection in the year 1820. It is in 

 winter, when the fur is longest, that the crests of the " liomed " variety become 

 most prominent ; these never making their appearance until the animal has cut its 



