The OUARINE * and ALOUATE f. 



THE O.iadne and Alouate are the largeft 

 four-handed animals in the New Conti- 

 nent. In fize they much exceed the largeft 

 monkeys, and approach to the magnitude of j 



baboons.] 



* Ouarine, the name of this animal at M.iiagnon. 

 The preacher monkey, with black fhining eyes, Ihort round 

 ears, and a round beard under the chin and throat. The 

 hairs on the body are of a Ihining black, long, yet lie fo clofe 

 on each other, that the animal appears quite fmooth. The 

 feet and end of the tail are brown. The tail is very Ic 

 and always twiiled at the end. It is of the fize of a iu 

 Pennant's fynopf of quad />. 122. 



The monkeys called ouarlnes are all black, and of the fi/e > 

 large dogs. Tliey cry fo loud as to be heard at the t - 

 ftance of a league ; Miff, da P. Mbrcille, p. 152. 



Guariba; Marcgr. Brafil. p. 226. Rati Syiwpf. quad. p. 153. 

 Aquiqui ; De Laet, p. 486. Grinu's Mnf. p. 1 33. 

 Howling baboons ; Guariba; BamrojVs Guiana, p. 153. 

 Simia Beelzebub, caudata, barbata, nigr,-^, cauda prehen- 

 fili, extremo pedibufque fufcis ; Linn. fyji. Nat. p. 37. 



Cercopithecus niger, pcdibns fufcis ; Briffon. quad. p. 137. 



t Alouate, ahtiata at Cayenne, is only a variety of the 



ouarine. It is of a ferruginous or reddilh bay colour ; and 



the Indians call it the king of the monkeys. 



' Cercopithecus barbatus maximus, fcrruginofus, llentorofus. 



Alouata. Singe rouge ; Bancre, Hijl. Franc. Eqnin. p. 150. 



Cercopithecus barbatus faturate rufus ; Briffon. quad. p. 14.7. 



Simia feniculus, caudata, barbata, rufa, cauda prehenfili ; 



Linn. S\J}. Nat. p. 7,1. 



Arabata; GumillaOremque, torn. 2. p. d. Bancroft's Guiant, 



