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assured took the place of &. ca/vus, at 180 miles northward 
from the mouth of the Japura. 
Habits.—Living in the high trees of the forest, feeding on 
fruits; and not differing in habits from those of the other 
species of the genus, which are referred to below. 
Il. THE RED UAKARI. BRACHYURUS RUBICUNDUS. 
Brachyurus rubicundus, is. Geoffr. and Dev., C. R., xxvii., p. 
498 (1848) ; Is. Geoffr., Arch. Mus., v., p. 564, pl. 30 
(1845); Castelnau, Expéd. Amér. Sud, Mamm., p. 19, pl. 
4, fig. 2 (1855); W. A. Forbes, P. Z. S.,. 1880, p. GAG 
pls. Ixi., bxi. 
Ouakaria rubicunda, Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 62 
(1870). 
Pithecia rubicunda, Schleg., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 228 (1876). 
Characters.— ace, chin, lips, forehead, and sides of face, bare 
(except for a few superciliary hairs, and scant representatives 
of moustache and beard), all bright vermilion red, deepening 
with emotion. Eyes brown; ears square in shape, without 
a lobule ; hair on top of head short, silky, and grey ; that on the 
side of the lower jaw and throat long and rich chestnut-red, 
running forward as far as the symphysis, and forming whiskers. 
Hair of upper surface of body entirely rich chestnut-red, more 
or less black-tipped and long, especially on the shoulders and 
limbs ; hair of head, nape, and neck paler than on the rest of 
the body ; tail, haired below at tip, rich chestnut-red ; under 
surface of body rich chestnut-red, and less hairy. The fur in 
general colour and texture resembles that of the Orang, the 
red hair, continued on to the limbs and tail, being particularly 
long on the arms and shoulders (forming a sort of cape), and 
