AMERICAN MONKEYS. 



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|)cnii;inent canine trctli. Like tliat of its confreuers, tlie ilispositiou of this species 

 in captivity is mijil aini ati'eeticjuate. 



The Slender Sapajou {C'ehus pallidm). 



The slender or wliite sapajou appears to be a rare local species allied to the 

 jireceding, and inhabitinjj; Bolivia in the nei<;;hbourhood of Santa Cruz. It is dis- 

 tinguished by the smaller size and lighter colour of the dark spot on the crown of 

 the head, which is generally brown, and often has a small crest on each side. 

 The general colour of the fur is fulvous, or greyish-fulvous, the limbs and tail 

 being of a darker brown, and the beard a golck-n yellow. There is also a nearl}- 

 white variety. Mr. Bates, who alludes to the slender sapajou as the Caiaiara Branca, 

 heard of its reported existence in the forests of the Tapajos River, which tlows into 

 tiie Amazon from the Cordillei'a Goral, on the Bolivian frontier of Brazil. His 

 search was, however, in vain : and he was subsequently informed that the species 

 only occurred across the watershed in Bolivia. 



Another nearly related monkey, more widely spread in South America, is tlie 

 tufted sapajou {G. cirrifer), in which the general colour of the shoi-t fur is black, 

 but yellowish-white on tlie cheeks, chin, sides of the forehead, and a narrow band 

 over the eyebrows. Two long, I'ecurved tufts of hair, which often occur on the side 

 of the head, give the distinctive name to this monkey. 



A monkey known to the natives of the Lower Amazon valley as the Macaca 

 Prego is provisionally identified with this species by Mr. Bates, who .speaks of it 

 as frequenting the cultivated lands ; where it commits wholesale depredations with 

 the most iniblushing effrontery. The worst of these thefts is that, from the 

 hasty and random manner in which the fruit is broken and plucked, the creature 

 wa.stes far more than it can eat. When about to return to its native forest, it 

 carries away as much phnider as it can hold in its hands and under its arm.s. 



The Weeper Hmwjov (Cehis capiicimts). 



One of the best-known and most connnon species of the genus is the weeper 

 .sapajou, or capuchin, of Brazil, represented in the right-hand figure on p. 152. It 

 is characterised by the hairs on the crown of the head being short and directed 

 evenly backwards, without any tendency to form crests on the sides. The colour of 

 the fur is brown, with a golden tinge ; the .sides of the forehead, cheeks, throat, and 

 chest, as well a-s the front of the shoulders, being pale yellow ; while a black, or 

 dark bro-v\Ti, line extends from the base of the nose to the back of the neck, 

 gradually expanding as it goes backwards. 



These sapajous have a wide range, extending right across Brazil, from Bahia in 

 the east to Colondiia in the north-west. With the exception of the occasions when 

 they descend to drink, their whole life, according to Rengger, is spent in the trees 

 of those regions of the forest where there is no underwood. They generally live in 

 small parties, numbei-ing from about six to ten or twelve individuals, of which the 

 majority are females. From their shy and timid habits they are very difficult to 

 ob.servc. Their cry appears to be limited to a kind of low whistle, which serves to 



