PINCHE.—Jacchus Gdipus. MARIKINA.—Jacchus Rosalia. 
the russet-brown tint with which it commences, to a deeper shade of brownish-black. Its 
voice is soft and gentle, and has often been compared to the twittering of a bird. 
The Pinche is quite as delicate in point of health as its slight form seems to indicate, 
and can with difficulty endure the privations of a voyage. When the animal is full- 
grown, the length of its head and body is about eight inches, and that of its tail rather 
exceeding a foot. 
Among the various members of the monkey tribe, there is hardly any species that 
can compare with the exquisite little MARIKINA, either for grace of form, or soft beauty 
of colour. 
The hair with which this creature is covered is of a bright and lustrous chestnut, with 
a golden sheen playing over its long glossy locks. To the touch, the fur of the Marikina 
is peculiarly smooth and silken ; and from this circumstance it is sometimes called the 
Silky Monkey. » 
Both for the texture and colour of the hair, the name is happily chosen, for the tint 
of the Marikina’s fur is just that of the orange-coloured silk as it is wound from the 
cocoon, while in texture it almost vies with the fine fibres of the unwoven silk itself. 
Another name for the same animal is the Lion Monkey, because its little face looks 
out of the mass of hair like a lion from out of his mane. 
The colour of the hair is nearly uniform, but not quite so. On the paws it darkens 
considerably, and it is of a deeper tint on the forehead and the upper surface of the limbs 
than on the remainder of the body. Some specimens are wholly of a darker hue. In no 
place is the fur very short; but on the head, and about the shoulders, it is of very great 
length in proportion to the size of the animal. 
The Marikina is rightly careful of its beautiful clothing, and is fastidious to a degree 
about preserving its glossy brightness free from stain. Whether when wild, it keeps its 
own house clean, or whether it has no house at all, is not as yet accurately ascertained; 
but in captivity, it requires that all cleansing shall be performed by other hands. This 
