crip. Lat_. x. (Berlin, 1883), p. 365
seq.; J. Beloch, _Campanien_ (Breslau, 1890), 295 seq.; Ch. Hulsen in
Pauly-Wissowa, _Realencyclopadie_ (Stuttgart, 1899), iii. 1555.
(T. As.)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] G. Patroni, in _Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Scienze
Storiche_ (Rome, 1904), v. 217, is inclined to place it considerably
earlier.

[2] Livy iv. 37, "Vulturnum Etruscorum urbem quae nunc Capua est, ab
Samnitibus captam (425 B.C.) Capuamque ab duce eorum Capye, vel, quod
propius vero est, a campestri agro appellatam."

[3] For these drawings see T. Ashby, "Dessins inedits de Carlo
Labruzzi," in _Melanges de l'Ecole francaise_, 1903, 414.

[4] The name comes from the aqueduct (_forma_) erected by Augustus
for the supply of Capua, remains of which still exist.

CAPUCHIN MONKEY, the English name of a tropical American monkey
scientifically known as _Cebus capucinus_; the plural, capuchins, is
extended to embrace all the numerous species of the same genus, whose
range extends from Nicaragua to Paraguay. These monkeys, whose native
name is sapajou, are the typical representatives of the family
_Cebidae_, and belong to a sub-family in which the tail is generally
prehensile. From the other genera of that group (_Cebinae_) with
prehensile tails capuchins are distinguished by the comparative
shortness of that appendage, and the absence of a naked area on the
under surface of its extremity. The hair is not woolly, the general
build is rather stout, and the limbs are of moderate length and
slenderness. The name capuchin is derived from the somewhat cowl-like
form assumed by the thick hair on the crown of the head of the sapajous.
In their native haunts these monkeys go about in troops of considerable
size, frequenting the summits of the tall forest-trees, from which they
seldom, if ever, descend. In addition to fruits of various kinds, they
consume tender shoots and buds, insects, eggs and young birds. Many of
the species are difficult to distinguish, and very little is known of
their habits in a wild state, although several members of the group are
common in captivity (see PRIMATES). (R. L.*)

CAPUCHINS, an order of friars in the Roman Catholic Church, the chief
and only permanent offshoot from the Franciscans. It arose about the
year 1520, when Matteo di Bassi, an "Observant" Franciscan, became
possessed of the idea that the habit worn by the Franciscans was n