Monkeys Sling Sticks at Their Pursuers. 
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tliat I had scarcely managed to suppress. The Indians' statement that 
these monkeys when pursued, break oflf dried twigs and sling them at 
their pursuers, was ooiilinned by ^Mr. (^roodall wlio took part in the cliase. 
The Ateles paniscus is limited to certain localities only. One tinds them 
mostly in companies of 16 to 20 : often also in a lesser number. I never 
noticed tliem on the ground but always only on the highest trees. Wlien 
exposed to the full rays of the sun, they lie at full length stretched out 
on the branches, to bathe themselves in it. This loathsome monkey uses 
its tail in all its movements and when pursued, escai>es with consider- 
able x'apidity, but it does less springing than the others. 
