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except on the face, which is of a dark flesh-colour; and by 
want of thumbs on the fore-feet, instead of which are very 
small projections or appendices. It is one of the most active 
and lively of animals, and is besides,'of a gentle and tract¬ 
able disposition in a state of confinement.—It inhabits the 
woods of South America; associating in great multitudes, 
assailing such travellers as pass through their haunts with an 
infinite number of sportive and mischievous gambols, chat¬ 
tering and throwing down dry sticks, swinging by their tails 
from the boughs, and endeavouring to intimidate the pas¬ 
sengers by a variety of menacing gestures. This is the 
Coaita of BufTon. 
51. Simia exquina.—Bearded; back variegated with black 
and yellow; throat and belly white.—It inhabits South 
America. In size and disposition it resembles the Simia 
paniscus. 
52. Simia trepida.—Tailed, but without a beard: the fore¬ 
top is erect; hands and feet are blue; the tail is hairy. A 
variety has the hair round the face grey; it is brownish-yel¬ 
low on the body.—It inhabits Surinam, is nimble, dexterous 
and amusing, and about twelve inches high. The body is 
brown, beneath it is rusty; the hair of the head is formed 
into a black erect hemispherical tuft; the tail is hairy ; the 
nails are rounded; the face and ears downy and flesh-co¬ 
loured ; the eyes are approximate chesnut. 
53. Simia fatuellus.—The horned sapajou is tailless and 
without beard ; two tufts on the head resembling horns.—It 
is found in several parts of South America, is harmless and 
gentle. The face, sides, belly and front part of the thighs, 
are brown; the crown, the middle of the back, tail and feet, 
and hind part of the thighs, are black; the nails are long and 
blunt; the tail is spiral. 
54. Simia apella. Brown sapajou, or sajou of BufFon.— 
This also is without tail and beard; the body is brown ; the 
feet are black. 
55. Simia Capucina. Capuchin monkey, or sai of Buf- 
fon, and weeper of Pennant.—This has no beard; the skin 
is brown ; the hair and limbs are black ; the tail is shaggy 
and the haunches are covered. There is a variety of this, 
of which the hair on the breast, throat, round the ears, and 
cheeks, is white. The face is sometimes black, sometimes 
flesh-coloured on the forehead ; the tusks are approximate; 
the nose is carinate towards the eyes; a black varicose re¬ 
tractile wrinkle just under the hair of the forehead; the tail 
is long, always curved, and covered with long shaggy hair; 
it is of the size of a cat.—It inhabits divers parts of South 
America; it is mild, docile, timid;, walks on its heels, and 
does not skip. It has a crying wailing voice, and repels its 
enemies by horrid bowlings; it shrieks sometimes like a 
cricket. When made angry it will yelp like a puppy ; it 
carries the tail spirally rolled up, which is often coiled round 
the neck: it smells of musk. 
56. Simia sciurea. Orange monkey, or saimiri of BufFon. 
—Beardless; the hind part of the head is prominent; the 
nails of the four smaller toes ungulate; the haunches are co¬ 
vered. The body is of a greenish-grey, under parts whitish ; 
the legs and arms are rusty ; the tail is shaggy, black at the 
tip, and twice as long as the body ; the nails of the thumbs 
and great toes are rounded; the face of a blueish-brown ; 
the eye-brows are bristly; the ears are scantily covered with 
whitish hairs ; it is of the size of a squirrel.—It is found in 
South America; is pleasant in its disposition, beautiful and 
graceful; it rests by lying on its belly. It looks full in the 
face of such as speak to it. It is impatient of European 
climates. 
57. Simia morta.—Without beard, but it has a tail; it 
is of a chesnut coloui ; the face is brown ; the tail is naked 
and scaly.—It is found in different parts of America. It 
differs from the Simla sciurea only in being less, and on 
that account it has been supposed to be of the same 
species. 
58. Simia syrichta.—This is without tail and beard; the 
mouth and eye-brows are covered with long hairs. This is 
an obscure and doubtful species. 
59. Simia variegata.—The hair on the sides and back is 
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mixed with orange and black.—It inhabits Antigua, is 
lively, docile, and full of amusing tricks. 
V.—Monkies with tails that are not prehensile; that have 
no cheek-pouches; the haunches are covered. These are 
denominated Sagoins. 
60. Simia pithecia, or fox-tailed monkey.—Tailed, but 
without beard; the hairs of the body are long and black at 
the tips; the tail is black, and very shaggy.—It inhabits- 
South America; is very amusing, and easily tamed. It is 
entirely of a dusky brown colour, with a slight ferruginous 
cast, except on the head and face. This is the Saki of 
BufFon. 
61. Simia jacchus. Striated monkey, or ouistiti of BufFon, 
and sanglin or cagui minor of Edwards.—This is tailed; its 
ears are hairy, broad ; tail curved, very hairy ; nails subulate, 
those of the thumbs and great toes are rounded. There 
is a variety, which is of a yellowish colour, smelling like 
musk.—It inhabits Brazil; is active, restless, climbing.like 
a squirrel; it feeds on insects, fruits, milk, bread and small 
birds; it gnaws the bark of trees, is untameable, biting, 
tormenting cats by fixing under their bellies, and emits a 
hissing cry. 
62. Simia oedipus, or red-tailed monkey.—This is tailed 
and beardless; locks hanging; the tail is red; nails subu¬ 
late. The body is grey, underneath it is white; the head has 
long white hanging locks; its face is black, and it has a few 
white hairs behind the ears; a wart on each cheek; the 
irides are rusty; the ears are roundish, black and naked; nails 
subulate, except'the thumb; the tail is twice as long as the 
body, and is a little hairy, black, red at the base ; the region 
of the anus is red.—It inhabits South America, is active, 
brisk, imitating the lion in its gestures. It is something less 
than the Simia jacchus; it smells of musk, and the voice 
resembles that of a mouse. 
63. Simia rosalia, or silky monkey.—Tailed; beardless; 
the head is hairy ; circumference of face and feet are red ; 
the nails are subulate. This species derives its trivial name 
from the appearance of its hair, which is very fine, soft, long, 
and of a bright yellow colour, resembling yellow silk. 
Round the face the hair is much longer than in other parts, 
so as to form a large mane, like that of a lion; near the face 
this mane is of a reddish colour, and it grows paler as it re¬ 
cedes from the cheeks; the face itself is of a dusky purple; 
the ears are round and naked; the hands and feet are also 
naked, and of the same dull purple colour as the face ■ the 
claws are small and sharp; the tail is very long, and rather 
bushy at the extremity.—It is a native of Guiana, and is a 
lively, active species, and gentle in a state of confinement. 
This is the marikina of BufFon. 
64. Simia Midas, or tamarin.—This species is tailless; 
beardless; the upper lip is cleft; the ears are square and 
naked; the nails are subulate. The tamarin, or great-eared 
monkey, is about the size of a squirrel; it is a coal-black, 
except on the lower part of the back, which is of a reddish 
colour, and on the hands and feet, which are orange-colour¬ 
ed ; the face is naked and flesh-coloured; the ears are very 
large, naked, of a squarish form,and of a dusky flesh-colour; 
the tail is very long and black.—It inhabits the hotter parts 
of South America. The claws are small and sharp. It 
sometimes varies in having the face black, instead of flesh- 
coloured. 
SIMIA MARINA, the Sea-Ape, a species of Squalus. 
SIMICON, in Antiquity, an ancient musical instrument 
of the stringed kind, with thirty-five strings. 
SIMICUS, an ancient Greek musician, said to have been 
a great improver of music. He lived after Homer, and has 
the reputation of having invented the instrument above- 
mentioned ; but Plutarch says, that the ancient Fables at¬ 
tribute this instrument to Pytocliclus. He also informs us, 
that the Argians fined the first person that used it; but does 
not tell us how it was used, or whether there was a com¬ 
plete scale for every one of the genera: 35 notes in the 
diatonic scale would mount it above the additional compass 
of modern piano-fortes. 
SI'MILAR. 
