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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



rare and delicate monkeys from America, 

 which cannot stand the draughts of the outer 

 house, like the Capuchins and spider monkeys. 

 1 he greater number of these dime from tropical 

 America. There, in the might}- forests, so lofty 

 that no man can climb the trees, so dense that 

 there is a kind of upper story on the interlaced 

 tree-tops, where nearly all the birds and many 

 mammals live without descending to earth, 

 forests in which there is neither summer nor 

 winter, but only the changes from hour to hour 

 of the equatorial day, the exquisite MARMOSETS, 

 whose fur looks like the plumage and whose 

 twittering voices imitate the notes of birds, live 

 and have their being. They are all much alike 

 in shape, except that the I. ion Marmoset's 

 mane is like that of a little lion clad in floss silk ; 

 and they all have sharp little claw-, and feed 

 on insects. The Pinche Marmoset from the 

 Guiana forests has a face like a black Indian 

 chief, with white plumes over his head and neck 

 like those worn by a " brave" in full war-paint. 

 Merchants who do business with Brazil very 

 frequently import marmosets and the closely 



allied tamarins as presents for friends at home in England ; 



the Brazilians themselves like to have them as pets also; so 



there is to some extent a trade demand for them. 



Among the most delicate of American monkeys are the 



Oukaris, which have somewhat human faces, exquisite solt 



Photo Pi Stholaitic Photo. Co.] 



PATAS MONKEY 



Found in IVat Africa. A large and brilliantly coloured >pec:e: 



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fur, and are as gentle as most of these forest creatures. 



They 



seldom live long in captivity, a few months being as much as 

 they will generally endure, even in Brazil. Perhaps the rarest 

 of all is the white-haired Scarlet-faced Oukari. This monkey 

 has long white hair from neck to tail, sandy whiskers, and a 

 bright scarlet face. It lives in a district of partly flooded forest, 

 and is only obtained by the Indians using blow-pipes and 

 arrows dipped in very diluted urari poison. The White- 

 headed Saki i- a rare and very pretty little monkey of Brazil ; 

 and there are a very large number of other species of this 

 group whose names it would be mere weariness to mention. 

 All these small monkeys arc very quick and intelligent, while 

 the rapidity of their movements, their ever-changing expres- 

 sion, and sharp, eager cries heighten the idea of cleverness 

 given by their general appearance. Other little imps of these 

 forests arc the Squirrel Monkeys. In the common species 

 the face is like a little furry man'--, it- arms brilliant yellow (as 

 if dipped in gamboge dye), the cheeks pink, and eyes black. 

 In habits it is a quick-tempered, imperious little creature, 

 carnivorous, and a great devourer of butterflies and beetles. 

 The most beautiful and entertaining of all monkeys are 



Photo hy C. R«M] [Wi,A«i», N. B 



WANDKROO MONKEY 



The number of monkeys which have 'eontne 

 manes is lar^e. The manes act as capes tc keep 

 the de-w and ".vet from the'r chests and shoulders. 



