﻿CEBUS 
  85 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  seven 
  males 
  all 
  with 
  the 
  hair 
  short 
  and 
  lying 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  

   head 
  like 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  character 
  to 
  

   support 
  a 
  distinctive 
  rank, 
  the 
  skulls 
  also 
  showing 
  none, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  

   proper 
  to 
  consider 
  imitator 
  as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  C. 
  capucinus. 
  That 
  this 
  

   peculiarity 
  of 
  bushy 
  tufts 
  on 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  females 
  only 
  is 
  not 
  

   restricted 
  to 
  this 
  animal, 
  the 
  males 
  not 
  possessing 
  them, 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   females 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  called 
  C. 
  apiculatus, 
  which 
  have 
  tufted 
  

   heads, 
  the 
  males 
  not. 
  This 
  fact 
  alone 
  with 
  no 
  other 
  characters, 
  would 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  deemed 
  sufficient 
  for 
  the 
  examples 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   specific 
  rank. 
  

  

  Belt, 
  who 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  Nicaragua, 
  says 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  that 
  

   sometimes 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  the 
  White-faced 
  Cebus 
  would 
  be 
  met 
  rapidly 
  

   running 
  away, 
  throwing 
  themselves 
  from 
  tree 
  to 
  tree. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  

   fruits, 
  but 
  is 
  also 
  constantly 
  searching 
  for 
  insects 
  in 
  the 
  crevices 
  in 
  

   trees 
  and 
  among 
  withered 
  leaves, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  beetles 
  are 
  seized 
  and 
  

   munched 
  with 
  avidity. 
  It 
  also 
  is 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  nestlings. 
  It 
  

   is 
  an 
  intelligent 
  and 
  mischievous 
  animal, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  one 
  as 
  a 
  pet 
  

   for 
  a 
  long 
  time, 
  whose 
  antics 
  were 
  very 
  amusing. 
  At 
  first 
  it 
  was 
  kept 
  

   chained 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  open 
  the 
  links 
  and 
  go 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  the 
  

   fowls, 
  and 
  break 
  every 
  egg 
  it 
  could 
  get 
  ; 
  after 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  it 
  would 
  

   permit 
  itself 
  to 
  be 
  captured. 
  

  

  When 
  there 
  were 
  young 
  ducks 
  about, 
  it 
  would 
  hold 
  out 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  

   bread 
  in 
  one 
  hand 
  and 
  a 
  duck 
  being 
  tempted 
  to 
  approach 
  within 
  its 
  

   reach, 
  it 
  would 
  seize 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  and 
  kill 
  it 
  by 
  biting 
  the 
  breast. 
  

  

  When 
  any 
  one 
  fondled 
  him, 
  he 
  would 
  pick 
  his 
  pockets 
  diligently, 
  

   pulling 
  out 
  letters 
  and 
  taking 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  envelopes, 
  and 
  anything 
  

   eatable 
  at 
  once 
  disappeared 
  in 
  his 
  mouth. 
  Once 
  he 
  took 
  a 
  bottle 
  of 
  

   turpentine 
  from 
  the 
  pocket 
  of 
  a 
  medical 
  officer, 
  drew 
  the 
  cork, 
  held 
  it 
  

   first 
  to 
  one 
  nostril, 
  then 
  the 
  other, 
  made 
  a 
  wry 
  face, 
  recorked 
  it 
  and 
  

   returned 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  doctor. 
  When 
  he 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  punished 
  for 
  some 
  

   of 
  his 
  misdeeds, 
  he 
  would 
  try 
  to 
  intimidate 
  by 
  uttering 
  a 
  shrill 
  threaten- 
  

   ing 
  note 
  and 
  showing 
  his 
  teeth. 
  His 
  notes 
  varied 
  from 
  a 
  gruff 
  bark 
  to 
  

   a 
  shrill 
  whistle 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  his 
  owner 
  could 
  tell 
  whether 
  he 
  was 
  

   hungry, 
  or 
  eating, 
  frightened 
  or 
  menacing, 
  even 
  without 
  seeing 
  him. 
  

   Once 
  near 
  Juigalpa, 
  Belt 
  saw 
  a 
  troop 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

   among 
  low 
  scattered 
  trees. 
  Their 
  attitudes 
  were 
  amusing 
  as 
  some 
  

   stood 
  upright 
  trying 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  better 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  intruder, 
  while 
  others 
  

   arched 
  their 
  backs 
  like 
  cats. 
  They 
  remained 
  quite 
  still, 
  watching, 
  but 
  a 
  

   few 
  steps 
  towards 
  them 
  sent 
  them 
  scampering 
  away, 
  barking. 
  Belt 
  

   misnames 
  them 
  C. 
  albifrons, 
  but 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Central 
  

   America. 
  

  

  