[Illustration: SMOOTH-HEADED CAPUCHIN.]
{211}V. THE BROWN CAPUCHIN. CEBUS FATUELLUS.
_Simia trepida_, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 39 (1766).
_Simia apella_, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 42 (1766).
_Simia fatuellus_, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 42 (1766).
_Cebus fatuellus_, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 109 (1812).
_Cebus apella_, Geoffr., t. c. p. 109 (1812); Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit.
Mus., p. 48 (1870); Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 199 (1876).
_Cebus macrocephalus_, Spix, Sim. et Vespert., Bras., p. 3, pl. 1 (1823).
CHARACTERS.--Fur thick, harsh; hair of crown short, reflexed; on the sides
of the crown a dark spot, elongated and elevated into two longer or shorter
crests, according to the season and the age of the animal. General colour
reddish-brown, darker on the hind-limbs, tail, and middle of the back;
fore-arms, crown-spot, and whiskers, black; front of shoulders greyish or
yellow; Face naked, purplish flesh-colour.
This species is subject to great individual variation. Its general colour
is sometimes pale yellowish, with the whiskers yellow.
DISTRIBUTION.--Brazil; Guiana, near the coast; on the mountains of the
Upper Magdalena Valley; Tolima, U.S. Colombia, from 5,000 to 7,000 ft.
HABITS.--This species, called "Mico Maizero" by the inhabitants of Tolima,
lives as all the _Cebi_ do, in considerable troops in the forests. When
wild, it is restless and destructive, but in captivity it is docile and
affectionate.