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Show 226 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON ANIMALS IN THE MENAGERIE. [Mar. 7, Diagn.-A. corporis pilis elongatis et mollibus; capillitio frontali antrorsum projedo, triparlito : supra ater ; macula frontis ferruginea, facie nigra pilis albis utrinque limbata : gastrceo, artuum latere interno, tibiis antebrachiisque extus et cauda subtus ferrugineo-ochraceis: long. corp. 24, caudce 29 poll. Angl. Foem. mari similis, sed minor et colore subtus fulves-cente griseo. Hab. Eastern Peru, near Chyavetos (Bartlett) ; Upper Rio Negro, Serra de Cocoi (Natterer) ; Upper Caura river, Venezuela ( Gordon). 7. ATELES MELANOCHIR. (Plate XV.) Ateles melanochir, Desm. M a m m . p. 76. Ateles geoffroii, Kuhl, Beitr. p. 26. ______ melanochcir, F. Cuv. M a m m . vol. i. pl. 66. Ateles melanochir et A. ornatus, Gray, Cat. Monkeys (18/0), Skull of Ateles melanochir (natural size). I have already spoken (P. Z. S. 18/0, p. 797) of the fact of our having received from Nicaragua a second example of Dr. Gray's A. ornatus, which has since been described in his new catalogue of Monkeys. Although, now that I have had the opportunity of examining this animal, I have little doubt that it is merely a variety of |