﻿46 
  ATELEUS 
  

  

  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  25 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  77 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  29. 
  Vertebrae: 
  Cervical, 
  7; 
  Dorsal, 
  14; 
  Lumbar, 
  

   4; 
  Sacral, 
  3; 
  Caudal, 
  31. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  during 
  a 
  short 
  stop 
  at 
  San 
  Juan 
  del 
  Sur, 
  Nicaragua, 
  

   met 
  with 
  several 
  Monkeys, 
  probably 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  as 
  related 
  by 
  

   Alston 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  when 
  strolling 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  He 
  

   was 
  walking 
  up 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  a 
  half 
  dry 
  stream, 
  when 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  

   Monkeys 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  pool 
  to 
  drink, 
  and 
  were 
  climbing 
  about 
  the 
  low 
  

   trees 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  course. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  troop 
  consisted 
  

   of 
  Cebus 
  hypoleucus 
  (C. 
  capucinus 
  Linn.), 
  but 
  with 
  them 
  were 
  

   several 
  Ateles 
  (!) 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  Mr, 
  Salvin 
  wrote 
  this 
  description 
  : 
  

   "The 
  whole 
  body 
  has 
  a 
  light 
  grayish 
  drab 
  all 
  over, 
  except 
  the 
  hands, 
  

   elbows, 
  knees 
  and 
  feet 
  which 
  were 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  was 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  the 
  flesh 
  colored 
  mouth; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  was 
  

   slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  buff, 
  as 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  On 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  forehead 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  erect 
  black 
  

   hairs." 
  There 
  were 
  several 
  others 
  just 
  like 
  the 
  specimen 
  described. 
  

   These 
  animals 
  were 
  evidently 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  described 
  as 
  A. 
  melanochir. 
  

   It 
  was 
  not 
  unusual 
  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  states, 
  to 
  see 
  occasionally 
  this 
  Monkey 
  

   kept 
  in 
  confinement 
  in 
  Guatemala, 
  but, 
  on 
  inquiry, 
  he 
  always 
  found 
  

   they 
  had 
  been 
  brought 
  from 
  Nicaragua 
  or 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  Belt, 
  in 
  his 
  "Naturalist 
  in 
  Nicarauga" 
  speaks 
  of 
  meeting 
  a 
  "large 
  

   yellowish 
  brown 
  Spider 
  Monkey 
  which 
  roams 
  over 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  

   trees 
  in 
  bands 
  of 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twenty. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  lay 
  quiet 
  until 
  

   I 
  was 
  passing 
  underneath, 
  when, 
  shaking 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Nispera 
  tree, 
  

   they 
  would 
  send 
  down 
  a 
  shower 
  of 
  the 
  hard 
  round 
  fruit, 
  but 
  never 
  

   throwing 
  anything, 
  simply 
  letting 
  it 
  fall. 
  Often, 
  when 
  on 
  lower 
  trees, 
  

   they 
  would 
  hang 
  from 
  the 
  branches 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  together, 
  holding 
  on 
  

   to 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  branch 
  with 
  their 
  fore 
  feet 
  and 
  long 
  tail, 
  whilst 
  

   their 
  hind 
  feet 
  hung 
  down, 
  all 
  the 
  time 
  making 
  threatening 
  gestures 
  

   and 
  cries. 
  

  

  "Sometimes 
  a 
  female 
  would 
  be 
  seen 
  carrying 
  a 
  young 
  one 
  on 
  its 
  

   back 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  clung 
  with 
  legs 
  and 
  tail, 
  the 
  mother 
  making 
  its 
  way 
  

   among 
  the 
  branches 
  and 
  leaping 
  from 
  tree 
  to 
  tree, 
  apparently 
  but 
  little 
  

   encumbered 
  with 
  its 
  baby. 
  A 
  large 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  eagle 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   prey 
  upon 
  them, 
  but 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  one, 
  although 
  I 
  was 
  constantly 
  falling 
  

   in 
  with 
  troops 
  of 
  monkeys. 
  Don 
  Francisco 
  Velasquez, 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

   officers, 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  one 
  day 
  he 
  heard 
  a 
  monkey 
  crying 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  

   forest 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  hours, 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  going 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  

   matter 
  he 
  saw 
  a 
  monkey 
  on 
  a 
  branch, 
  and 
  an 
  eagle 
  beside 
  it 
  trying 
  to 
  

  

  