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species, considered a dainty by the natives, and very much resembling the pre¬ 
ceding species. 
The Paranacu ( Pithecia monachus , or hirsuta) is a Peruvian form, which 
wears a rough, thick, gray coat. Its bushy tail is somewhat less than twice as 
long as the body, and in common with the other species of its family, it looks as 
though it had taken a vow never to let a barber touch its hair or whiskers. 
The White Paranacu (. Pithecia albicans ) differs only in color and is most 
notable, perhaps, for illustrating the suddenness with which one passes from a 
district occupied by one variety of monkeys to another, whose occupants are- 
altogether different, at least in their garb. 
CATCHING MONKEYS BY MEANS OF SUGARED COCOANUTS. 
The Red Paranacu (. Pithecia rufiventer ) is red below and its upper coat 
is a blackish-gray, ringed with yellow. It sports a golden-hued mustache. 
The Black Howler {Mycetes car ay a) belongs to the lower coast of western 
South America; its forehead is ornamented with hair, which projects, and 
imparts a bold, uninviting and tousled appearance. Like the rest of its family 
it is prodigally endowed with * sounding-boards, having in addition to the 
largely-developed hyoid bone, two pairs of resonators. Its hair is coarse and 
seems to purchase its great length at the expense of having its under parts: 
almost entirely naked. It is conscientious in the development of what teachers 
of elocution term the “ calling voice,” and as it is not solitary in its habits- 
it manages to make a most deafening noise. 
The Golden Howler (. Mycetes auratus ) is red and yellow in its coloring. 
The Ursine Howler (. Mycetes ursinus ) has a body about three feet in length. 
