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and pointed; nails of the other toes long, curved, and com- 
pressed. 
Distribution. Mr. Bates states that the ‘ Parauacu,” as this 
Monkey is called by the natives of its own country, is found 
on the “terra firma” lands of the north shore of the Solimoens, 
or Upper Amazon, from Tunantins to Peru. It exists also on 
the south side of the river on the banks of the Teffé, but there 
under a changed form, which differs from its type in colours, 
as much as the red differs from the white Uakari. This variety 
is Dr. Gray’s Pithecta albicans. 
Habits—The Hairy Saki is a very timid and inoffensive 
animal, and is also, as Mr. Bates tells us in his well-known 
book, ‘‘very delicate, rarely living many weeks in captivity ; 
but anyone who succeeds in keeping it alive for a month 
or two, gains by it a most affectionate pet. One of the 
specimens now in the British Museum was, when living, the 
property of a neighbour of mine at Ega. It became so tame 
in the course of a few weeks that it followed him about the 
streets like a dog. My friend was a tailor, and the little pet 
used to spend the greater part of the day seated on his 
shoulder whilst he was at work on his board. It showed, 
nevertheless, great dislike to strangers, and was not on good 
terms with any other member of my friend’s household than 
himself. . ... The eager and passionate Cedz seem to 
take the lead of all the South American Monkeys in intelli- — 
gence and docility, and the Coaita, one of the Spider-Monkeys 
(Ateles pantscus), has, perhaps, the most gentle and impression- 
able disposition ; but the Parauact, although a dull, cheerless 
animal, excels all in this quality of capability of attachment 
to individuals of our own species, nor is it wanting in intelli- 
pence.” 
