24 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. 



to send it us from its native country. Its disposition is 

 said to be timid and melancholy ; at times, in the ex- 

 cess of its fear, it is even said to bite those who caress 

 it : its anger is merely expressed by closing the lips, 

 and uttering a guttural cry resembling ore-o. When in 

 a state of freedom, this species frequently collects in 

 considerable numbers ; they are then said to embrace 

 each other in a very grotesque way, and form them- 

 selves into an idle party : at such times they bask and 

 stretch themselves in the sun, in perfect idleness; and 

 in so doing, assume so many strange attitudes, that a 

 spectator would believe, from the suppleness of their 

 hmbs, that the joints were dislocated : at other times, 

 when exposed to the meridian sun, they lie on their 

 back^ fold their arms, look upwards, and in this extra- 

 ordinary position will remain perfectly listless and im- 

 moveable for hours. 



The general size is that of the last described; and its 

 height, when erect, is about two feet nine inches. The fur 

 on the upper parts of the body is of a deep blackish brown, 

 very glossy on the back and outer sides of the limbs; 

 while that of the belly, inner surface of the limbs, and 

 beneath the tail^ is reddish yellow, or dirty yellowish 

 white, glossed with a slight golden tint. Its prehensile 

 tail is much developed. 



The Horned Monkey. 



Cebus fatuellus, Illiger. (Fig. 4.) 



A living specimen of this grotesque animal in the 

 king's menagerie at Paris enabled M. Brisson to be- 

 come its first describer. Another healthy individual 

 was in the same collection in the year 1820, which has 

 been particularly described by M. F. Cuvier. It 

 has obtained the name of Horned monkey, not from 

 possessing those appendages usually denominated horns, 

 but from two tufts of hairs which bear that resem- 

 blance, and which rise immediately above the ears. The 

 hairs of the forehead, in fact, instead of being directed 



