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  CEBUS 
  

  

  altogether 
  upon 
  the 
  colors 
  exhibited 
  by 
  their 
  examples; 
  too 
  often 
  a 
  

   broken 
  reed 
  to 
  lean 
  upon, 
  especially 
  when 
  endeavoring 
  to 
  establish 
  

   a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Cebus. 
  That 
  these 
  monkeys 
  varied 
  among 
  

   themselves 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  an 
  incredible 
  degree 
  was 
  not 
  known 
  nor 
  under- 
  

   stood, 
  hence 
  the 
  long 
  list 
  of 
  synonyms 
  that 
  now 
  accompanies 
  the 
  

   names 
  of 
  many 
  species. 
  

  

  Bates 
  found 
  this 
  monkey 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  Tapajos, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  pretty 
  generally 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  level 
  

   country. 
  He 
  saw 
  it 
  often 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Amazon, 
  

   and 
  used 
  to 
  watch 
  it 
  leaping 
  among 
  the 
  trees, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  wonderful 
  

   performer 
  in 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  gymnastics. 
  The 
  troops 
  travelled 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   file 
  of 
  thirty 
  or 
  more 
  individuals, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  leader 
  reached 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  a 
  lofty 
  tree 
  he 
  at 
  once 
  sprang 
  into 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  alighted 
  

   on 
  the 
  yielding 
  foliage 
  of 
  another 
  tree 
  maybe 
  fifty 
  feet 
  below 
  ; 
  all 
  his 
  

   companions 
  following 
  closely 
  behind. 
  As 
  they 
  alight 
  they 
  seize 
  the 
  

   branches 
  with 
  hands 
  and 
  tail, 
  steady 
  themselves 
  an 
  instant 
  and 
  are 
  off 
  

   again 
  over 
  the 
  branches 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  tree. 
  Bates 
  kept 
  one 
  as 
  a 
  pet 
  for 
  

   about 
  a 
  year, 
  which 
  went 
  with 
  him 
  on 
  his 
  journeys 
  and 
  became 
  very 
  

   familiar, 
  sharing 
  his 
  blanket 
  on 
  wet 
  nights. 
  While 
  restless, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  

   playful, 
  its 
  inability 
  to 
  remain 
  quiet 
  arising 
  from 
  a 
  nervous 
  irritability 
  

   and 
  discontented 
  disposition, 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  painful, 
  

   changeable 
  expression 
  of 
  its 
  countenance, 
  and 
  general 
  lack 
  of 
  purpose. 
  

   Its 
  actions 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  wayward 
  child, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  happy 
  even 
  

   with 
  plenty 
  of 
  its 
  favorite 
  food, 
  bananas, 
  but 
  would 
  leave 
  its 
  own 
  

   meal 
  to 
  snatch 
  morsels 
  from 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  its 
  companions. 
  The 
  

   Caiardra 
  kept 
  the 
  house 
  in 
  a 
  perpetual 
  uproar, 
  for 
  it 
  screamed 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  alarmed 
  or 
  hungry 
  or 
  jealous; 
  but 
  no 
  matter 
  what 
  the 
  trouble 
  

   might 
  be 
  it 
  was 
  always 
  making 
  some 
  kind 
  of 
  a 
  noise, 
  screwing 
  up 
  its 
  

   lips 
  and 
  uttering 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  loud 
  whistling 
  notes. 
  It 
  would 
  fol- 
  

   low 
  its 
  master, 
  when 
  loose, 
  supporting 
  itself 
  upright 
  on 
  its 
  legs. 
  One 
  

   day 
  in 
  a 
  fit 
  of 
  jealousy 
  it 
  quarrelled 
  with 
  an 
  owl-faced 
  monkey 
  (Nyc- 
  

   tipithecus 
  trivirgatus) 
  , 
  over 
  a 
  fruit 
  some 
  one 
  had 
  given 
  the 
  latter. 
  

   Nyctipithecus 
  fought 
  only 
  with 
  its 
  paws 
  and 
  hissing 
  like 
  a 
  cat, 
  but 
  the 
  

   Caiardra 
  obtaining 
  the 
  mastery 
  cracked 
  the 
  other's 
  skull 
  with 
  its 
  teeth 
  

   and 
  killed 
  it. 
  Thereupon 
  Bates 
  got 
  rid 
  of 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  suppose 
  

   that 
  this 
  individual 
  was 
  a 
  fair 
  representative 
  of 
  its 
  species, 
  but 
  rather 
  

   had, 
  unfortunately, 
  a 
  disagreeable, 
  irritable 
  disposition 
  not 
  often 
  met 
  

   with 
  among 
  its 
  relatives. 
  However 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  all 
  monkeys 
  

   are 
  jealous, 
  and 
  when 
  aroused 
  by 
  that 
  regrettable 
  passion 
  are 
  capable 
  

   of 
  going 
  to 
  any 
  extreme 
  of 
  violence, 
  and 
  at 
  such 
  times 
  are 
  best 
  left 
  

   to 
  themselves. 
  

  

  