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  placing 
  them 
  for 
  several 
  hours 
  on 
  a 
  framework 
  of 
  sticks 
  arranged 
  over 
  

   a 
  fire, 
  a 
  plan 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  to 
  preserve 
  fish 
  when 
  they 
  have 
  

   no 
  salt, 
  and 
  which 
  they 
  call 
  'Muquiar.' 
  My 
  monkeys 
  lasted 
  me 
  about 
  

   a 
  fortnight, 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  being 
  an 
  arm 
  with 
  the 
  clenched 
  fist, 
  which 
  

   I 
  used 
  with 
  great 
  economy, 
  hanging 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  between 
  my 
  

   frugal 
  meals 
  on 
  a 
  nail 
  in 
  the 
  cabin." 
  

  

  Ateleus 
  rufiyenteis 
  Sclater. 
  

  

  Ateles 
  ( 
  !) 
  vellerosus 
  Sclat, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1871, 
  p. 
  478, 
  

   (nee 
  Gray). 
  

  

  Ateles 
  ( 
  !) 
  rufiventris 
  Sclat., 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1872, 
  p. 
  688, 
  

   pi. 
  LVII; 
  Schleg., 
  Mus. 
  Pays-Bas, 
  Simise, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  182; 
  

   Alston, 
  Biol. 
  Centr. 
  Amer., 
  I, 
  Mamm., 
  1879, 
  p. 
  8; 
  Forbes, 
  

   Handb. 
  Primates, 
  I, 
  1894, 
  p. 
  236; 
  Elliot, 
  Mamm. 
  Middle 
  

   Amer. 
  and 
  W. 
  Indies, 
  F. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Pub., 
  IV, 
  Pt. 
  II, 
  1904, 
  p. 
  734, 
  

   Zool. 
  Ser. 
  ; 
  Id. 
  Check-L. 
  Mamm. 
  N. 
  Amer. 
  Cont. 
  and 
  W. 
  

   Indies, 
  F. 
  C. 
  M. 
  Pub., 
  VI, 
  1905, 
  p. 
  535, 
  Zool. 
  Ser. 
  

  

  FULVOUS-BELLIED 
  SPIDER 
  MONKEY. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  River 
  Atrato, 
  Colombia. 
  Type 
  in 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Geogr. 
  Distr. 
  Panama? 
  into 
  Colombia, 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Fur 
  coarse, 
  hairs 
  long, 
  those 
  on 
  forehead 
  and 
  on 
  top 
  

   of 
  head 
  directed 
  backward 
  ; 
  thumb 
  absent. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Black 
  line 
  from 
  inner 
  corners 
  of 
  eyes 
  and 
  side 
  of 
  nose 
  

   to 
  cheeks, 
  rest 
  of 
  face 
  flesh 
  color, 
  under 
  parts 
  extending 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  and 
  legs, 
  bright 
  rufous 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   head, 
  body, 
  limbs, 
  hands, 
  feet 
  and 
  tail 
  black. 
  The 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  parts 
  and 
  black 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  sharply 
  drawn, 
  and 
  

   does 
  not 
  grade 
  over 
  into 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  any 
  place. 
  Ex 
  type 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  immature 
  animal 
  hardly 
  

   half 
  grown, 
  and 
  no 
  skull 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  preserved. 
  

  

  The 
  evidence 
  of 
  this 
  animal 
  occurring 
  in 
  Panama, 
  rests 
  solely 
  

   on 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Leyden 
  Museum, 
  stated 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  "tue 
  en 
  

   Panama." 
  This 
  is 
  hardly 
  satisfactory, 
  as 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   authority 
  wanting 
  for 
  this 
  locality, 
  and 
  its 
  appearance 
  therefore 
  in 
  

   Central 
  America 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  doubtful. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Atrato 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  young 
  

   individual, 
  which 
  was 
  captured 
  alive, 
  and 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  

   of 
  London. 
  

  

  