QUADKUMANA. til 



The O11DINAK.Y Sapajous have the head flat, the muzzle but sUghtly prominent (sixty degrees). 

 In some the anterior thumbs are nearly or quite hidden in the skin, and the prehensile portion of 

 the taU naked beneath. They constitute the genus 



CoAiTA {Ateles, Geof.),— 

 [Or the Spider Monheys, as they are commonly termed, in allusion to their long slender limbs, and sprawling 

 movements.] 



The first species, the Chamek [A. subpentadactjiJu-s, Geof.), lias a slij,^ht projection of the thumb, though only 

 for one phalanx, which has no nail. Another, the Mikiri {At. Jnipoxanthiis, i'r. Max. ; Brachyteles macrotarsu.s; 

 Spix), has also a very small thumb, and sometimes even a nail. These two species are separated by Spix under 

 the name Brac/n/ieies. They connect Atelcx with Lagothri.v* 



The others, to which alone Spix applies the name AU-lc^, have no apparent thumb whatever. [Six have been 

 ascertained ; one of them the Sim., panucm, Lin.] 



All the above are natives of Guiana and Brazil. Their limbs are very long and slender, and their gait slow 

 and deUberate. They exhibit some remarkable resemblances to ftlan in their muscles, and, of all animals, alone 

 have the biceps of the thigh made like his. [Accordingly, they make little use of their fore-hands in progression. 

 Their colours are chiefly or wholly black, or fulvous-grey; face black, or flesh-coloured. They are gentle aud 

 conhding, and capable of much attachment. Some attain to as large a stature as the preceding.] 



Tnii Gastromakgues {Larjof/irix, Geof. ; Gastromargas, SpixJ. 

 Head round, as in the Coaitas ; the thumb developed, as in the Stentors ; and tail partly naked, like 

 the oue and the other. Sueh arc — 



The Caparo, Humb. [L. llumboldtii, Geof. ; G. olivaccus, Spix), and the Grison (L. cauus, Geof. ; G. infumatus, 

 Spix.) — Inhabitants of the interior of South America, said to be remarkable gluttons. Their limbs are shorter 

 and stouter than in the Coaitas, and they often raise themselves on their hinder extremities ; occur in numerous 

 bands. 



The other Sapajous, or 



The Capuchins {Cebus, Geof.) — 

 Have a round head, the thumbs distinct, and the tail entirely hairy, though prehensile. The species 

 arc still more numerous than those of the Stentors, and ahnost as ditiicult to characterize. 



Some have the hair upon the forehead of a uniform length ; as the Sajou {Sim. apella, Lin.), and the Capuchin, 

 \_^.-iuct.'\ (S. capucina, Lin.) ; others have the hair of the forehead so disposed as to form aigrettes ; as the liorned 

 C:ipuchin (Sim. fatucllua, Gm., which, has a tuft of black hairs on each side of the forehead), the C. cirrhifer, 

 Geof., and the Cebus of the same name of Pr. Max., but which is diflerent— C cristaius, F. Cuv. There are nu- 

 merous others ; but we require many observations, made in the places where these animals inhabit, before we can 

 liope to establish tlieir species otherwise than in an arbitrary manner. [About sixteen are commonly admitted, 

 most of which are of difl'erent shades of brown, some very variable. They are of smaller size than the preceding, 

 and of mild and gentle disposition ; their motions are quick and light, and they are easily tamed. Several exhale 

 a strong (.)duur of musk.] 



In the SAiMiRit, the tail is depressed, and almost ceases to be prehensile; the head is very much 

 flattened ; in the interorbital partition of the cranium there is a membranous space. Only oue species 

 is known, — 



ITie Sainiiri {Sim. .sciarea, Bulf. xv. 10.)— Size of a Siiuirrel ; of a yellowish grey ; the fore-arms, legs, and the 

 four extremities, of a fulvous-yellow; end of the nose black. [A pretty, vivacious little animal, which subsists 

 nmch on insects, and is also carnivorous. Its tail is sub-prehensile, or capable of coiling slightly throughout its 

 length, and so holding in a moderate dL-gree; but its extremity cannot seize a small object : it is often wound 

 round the body.] 



The remaining Monkey-hke animals of America have the tail not at all preheusile.J Several have 

 tlnat appendage very long and tufted, whence they have been termed Fox-tailed Monkeya : their teeth 

 project forwards more than in the others. They are 



The Sakis {PUhecia, Desm. and Ilhg.),— 

 [Wiich are again divisible into three minor groups. Of these, the tirst is represented by the Yarkc Saki {Sim. 

 Pi(/tecia, Lin., P. kucoccphala), and three or four others ; singular-looking animals, with extremely lung hair, except 

 on the head, where, in most of the genus, it is parted. In the Varke, the head is whitish, and all the other parts 

 brown-black, which adds to the stran4eness of its appearance. The Jacket Saki {Sim. sayutata, Traill), illustrates 



^Tliciattorniay doso, bill certainly imt tbe former, which is in confasion if ap|aic'<i to the latter e.xcluMvely. W^ muuU sug^;ebt, 



all othL-r rc'spects a char:ictcn..tic .-ll.l.;.-y.D, IhirL^loru. the apyullatioa 6,.,„<m, lun,.e,l .mt ul th^ ven,atul,.r.-ED. 



\ Sa^'uijius (or, what would he prcfer^ibk, S./fi-WHU*,) of some. I U n.'-. a i>rop^Lisily tu curl in thu M^rmo=ets, il nut iu tin; ba 



This iiHme, however, urlgiiiiilly proposed by Lacepede fur the Sat;ouiiib, j,^ouiiii.— Ed. 

 {Vallitlirii), ajiiong which the Saiiniri waa iucludcd, can ouly kad to 



