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  C. 
  capucinus 
  (Linn.). 
  The 
  point 
  here 
  made 
  is 
  not 
  tenable, 
  

   for 
  in 
  the 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  C. 
  capucinus 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Mus. 
  Adolph. 
  

   Fred., 
  Linnaeus 
  describes 
  the 
  species 
  as 
  "Simia 
  imberbis 
  nigra, 
  

   cauda 
  longa 
  hirsuta, 
  facie 
  flavescente," 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fuller 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  given 
  afterwards 
  "corpus 
  magnitudine 
  cati, 
  atrum 
  pileo 
  

   laxo 
  longiusculo; 
  at 
  Facies 
  et 
  maxima 
  pars 
  capitis, 
  excepto 
  

   pileo 
  nigro, 
  pallide 
  flava 
  est 
  una 
  cum 
  pectore 
  ad 
  flexuram 
  usque 
  

   cubitorum," 
  which 
  is 
  perfectly 
  applicable 
  to 
  S. 
  hypoleucus 
  

   Humboldt, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  wise 
  answers 
  to 
  the 
  capucinus 
  Auctores. 
  

   The 
  first 
  definition 
  the 
  Dictionary 
  gives 
  of 
  ater 
  is 
  "black," 
  

   followed 
  by 
  "coal-black," 
  which 
  sufficiently 
  shows 
  that 
  Linnaeus 
  

   used 
  the 
  words 
  as 
  expressing 
  the 
  same 
  meaning, 
  and 
  niger 
  and 
  

   ater 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  are 
  synonymous. 
  In 
  copying 
  the 
  diagnosis 
  of 
  

   capucinus 
  into 
  the 
  Systema 
  Naturae 
  of 
  1758 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  1766, 
  

   by 
  an 
  oversight 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  read 
  "S. 
  caudata 
  imberbis/' 
  the 
  

   nigra 
  having 
  been 
  omitted, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  work 
  cited 
  as 
  a 
  

   reference 
  is 
  Linnaeus' 
  Mus. 
  Ad. 
  Fred., 
  the 
  omission 
  is 
  of 
  little 
  

   consequence. 
  Schlegel's 
  objection 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  of 
  small 
  

   importance 
  and 
  capucinus 
  Linn., 
  must 
  be 
  accepted 
  for 
  the 
  C. 
  

   hypoleucus 
  (Humb.), 
  a 
  name 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  borne 
  erroneously 
  

   for 
  a 
  century. 
  The 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  commences 
  with 
  C. 
  hypo- 
  

   leucus 
  (Humb.), 
  (although 
  E. 
  Geoffroy 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  its 
  author), 
  

   = 
  C. 
  capucinus 
  (Linn.) 
  ; 
  C. 
  capucinus 
  E. 
  Geoffroy, 
  = 
  C. 
  

   apella 
  (Linn.) 
  ; 
  C. 
  albifrons 
  (Humboldt) 
  ; 
  C. 
  barbatus 
  = 
  

   C. 
  flavus 
  E. 
  Geoff.; 
  C. 
  apella 
  (Linn.), 
  ex 
  Surinam 
  is 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  he 
  calls 
  C 
  capucinus 
  from 
  the 
  

   Guianas 
  = 
  possibly 
  C. 
  castaneus 
  I. 
  Geoff. 
  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   no 
  valid 
  reason 
  for 
  separating 
  examples 
  of 
  C. 
  apella 
  (Linn.), 
  

   from 
  different 
  localities 
  in 
  its 
  range. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  variable 
  in 
  

   coloration 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  individuals 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  

   representing 
  one 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  dispersion. 
  C. 
  

   libidinosus 
  Spix; 
  C. 
  niger 
  E. 
  Geoff., 
  = 
  C. 
  cirrifer 
  (Humb.), 
  

   (synon. 
  Part.) 
  ; 
  C. 
  flavus 
  E. 
  Geoff. 
  ; 
  C. 
  frontatus 
  Kuhl 
  ; 
  C. 
  

   fatuellus 
  (Linn.) 
  ; 
  C. 
  variegatus 
  E. 
  Geoff.; 
  and 
  C. 
  fallax, 
  

   founded 
  on 
  a 
  skeletal 
  defect, 
  = 
  C. 
  apella 
  (Linn.). 
  

  

  1879. 
  Alston, 
  Biologia 
  Centrali- 
  Americana. 
  Mammalia. 
  

  

  One 
  species 
  only 
  of 
  Cebus 
  is 
  here 
  given, 
  C. 
  hypoleucus 
  

   (Humb.), 
  = 
  C. 
  capucinus 
  (Linn.), 
  with 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   habits. 
  

  

  1901. 
  O. 
  Thomas, 
  in 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  C. 
  fatuellus 
  (Linn.), 
  juv. 
  probably, 
  redescribed 
  as 
  C. 
  fatuellus 
  

  

  