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into the air without a moment’s hesitation and alights on the 
dome of yielding foliage belonging to the neighbouring tree, 
maybe fifty feet beneath; all the rest following the example. 
They grasp, on falling, with hands and tail, right themselves in a 
moment, and then away they go along branch and bough to the 
next tree.” Mr. Belt also mentions having kept a White-fronted 
Capuchin in captivity for a long time. Its actions, he tells us, 
were very human-like. “He had quite an extensive vocabulary 
of sounds, varying from a gruff bark to a shrill whistle ; and we 
could tell by them, without seeing him, when it was he was 
hungry, eating, frightened, or menacing; doubtless one of his 
own species would have understood various minor shades of 
intonation and expression that we, not entering into his feelings 
and wants, passed over as unintelligible.” 
XI. THE WEEPER CAPUCHIN. CEBUS CAPUCINUS. 
Sinia capucina, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1., p. 42 (1766). 
Cebus capucinus, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 111 (1812); Gray, 
(Cat. Monkeys But. Mus... p- 49 (1370) ; Schil.,. Mus. 
Pays Bas, vil., p. 19 (1876). 
Cebus nigrovittatus, Wagner, Acad. Minch., v., p. 430 (1847, ex 
Natt. MSS.). ' 
Cebus olivaceus, Schomb., Reis. Brit. Guiana, ii., p. 246, et iii., 
p- 77° (1848). 
Cebus castaneus, Is. Geoffr., Cat. Méth. Primates, p. 46 
(1851). 
Cebus versicolor, Pucher., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1857, p. 346 (part). 
Characters.— Hairs of crown short, reflexed, but not elevated 
into a crest. Fur brown, washed with yellow ; crown-spot dark 
brown, narrow, prolonged down the nose, and expanded back- 
