SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Icon. Humb. Zool. Obs, t. 27. copied Ency. Method. 

 Sup. t. \.f.. 4. Werm, Trans, vii.i, 9? 

 Inhabits the banks of the Orinoco. 



100. 2. S. P. Chiropotes (the Hand-drinking Saki). Fur 

 reddish chestnut; the hair of the head thick separated in the 

 middle and recurved into two distinct toupees, on each side 

 of the head; beard long and tufted. 



Simia chiropotes, Humboldt. ZooL Obs. 113. Pithecia 

 chiropotes, Geoff, Ann. Mus. xix. 116. 



Capucin de L'Orinoque, Humboldt. I. c. 



Icon. 



Inhabits the Desert of the Upper Orinoco and other parts 

 of Guyana. 



101. 3. S. P, Rufiventer (Fox-tailed monkey). Fur 

 reddish brown; belly red; hairs brown at the origin, annu- 

 lated with red and brown toward the extremity,- hair of the 

 head radiating on the top and bordering the forehead ; 

 beardless ; tail nearly as long as the body. 



Simia pithecia, Lin. Sys, Nat. 40. Pithecia rufiventer, 

 Geoff. An?z, Mus. xix. 116, 



Saki, Buff. xv. 90. Yarke, Singe de nuit, Biff. Supp. 

 VII. 114, Fox-tailed monkey. Pen?!. Quad. 222. 



Icon. Buff.xv. t. 12. Supp. vii, t. 30,31. Ency. Method, t. 

 8.f. 3.Mus.Levenan. t. 5. Shaw, i. t. 25. Griff. Quad.t. 13. 



Inhabits, French Guyana. 



102. 4. .S. P. Miriquouina (the Miriquouina). Fur, 

 gray-brown above, cinnamon beneath; hairs of the back 

 annuiated black and white at each end; two white spots 

 over each eye ; beard none ; tail a little longer than the body. 



Pithecia miriquouina, Geoff. Ann. Mzis. xix. 117. 

 Miriquouina ^zara Hist. Paraguay, ii. 243. 



Icon. 



Inhabits the South Banks of the River Paraguay. 



103. 5. S. P. Rufibarha (the Red bearded Saki), Fur, 



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