274 NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS. 



( 3 ) p. 263." Where the map had exhibited Monies 

 de Cacao." 



On the range of hills which had been converted into the 

 lofty Andes de Cuchao, see my Eel. hist. T. iii. p. 238. 



( 4 ) p. 268. "Hermesia." 



The genus Hermesia, the Sauso, has been described by 

 Bonpland, and figured in our Plantes equinoxiales, T. i. 

 p. 162, tab. xlvi. 



( 5 ) p. 269." The 'fresh-water dolphin." 



These are not sea-dolphins, ascending the rivers for a 

 great distance, as is done by some species of Pleuronectes 

 (flat fish, which always have both eyes on one side of the 

 body) ; for example, the Limande (Pleuronectes Limanda), 

 which comes up the Loire to Orleans. Some sea forms of 

 fish, as dolphins and skates, are repeated in the great rivers 

 of both continents. The fresh-water dolphin of the Apure 

 and the Orinoco differs specifically from the Delphinus gan- 

 geticus, as well as from all sea-dolphins. See my Eel. hist. 

 T. ii. pp. 223, 239, 406-413. 



( 6 ) p. 270." The striped nocturnal monkey." 



This is the Douroucouli, or Cusi-cusi of the Cassiquiare, 

 described by me as Simia trivirgata in my Eecueil d'Obser- 

 vations de Zoologie et d' Anatomic comparee, T. i. p. 806- 

 311, tab. xxviii., the plate being taken from a drawing 

 made by myself from the living animal. We subsequently 



