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HORNED SAPAJOU.

THERE are many different species of this genus, as
the yellow-breasted sajou, or sapajou, the brown sajou,
and the horned sajou, the one before us.

The native country of this animal is the Brazil, a
part of the world very rich in the productions of nature.
Little or nothing is known of its habits in a state of
nature; but it is easily tamed, and is described as being,
when in domestication, lively and amusing, active and
good-tempered. It is found too in the provinces of
Rio de Janeiro, and also in South America.

The general colour of the fur of the horned sajou
is brown, the top of the head being much darker, and
approaching almost to black, which also prevails in
like manner on the middle of the back, and on the
legs, hands, feet, and tail. ‘“A bandeau of hair rises
on the forehead, the extremities of which are elevated
in the form of egrets, or pencil-like tufts: these tufts
are less conspicuous in the female. The sides of the
face are garnished with white hairs. [It is not until
maturity that the horns or frontal tufts are acquired.”

The following is the generic account of the animals
to which this species belongs:—The monkeys of this
genus are all diurnal in their habits, and for the most
part of small size. ‘The French call them sapajous,
sajous, sails, and capucins. They are also called weepers,
from the plaintive piping noise which many of them
utter. Humboldt states that the Creoles of South America
call them ‘matchi, confounding under this denomination
very distinct species. In temper and disposition the

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