196 APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 



ALLIED SPECIES 



This species (M. rufimanus), which is the true tamarin of Buffon, is 



Red Handed ^ inhabitant of Dutch Guiana, or Surinam, and differs from the pre- 

 Tatnarin 



ceding by its yellowish or orange-red hands ; its habits being, doubtless, 



precisely similar. L,ike the negro tamarin, it has been exhibited alive in England. 

 The brown-headed tamarin ( M. flavifrons) is the Brazilian repre- 



rown- ea e sentat j ve o f seve ral species or varieties distinguished from the two 

 Tamarin 



preceding forms by the face being brownish, with a few gray hairs, al- 

 though the nose still remains black. The general color is black, with a white mot- 

 tling on the hinder part of the back ; the head being pale brown, with some black 

 markings. In the male the outer surface of the limbs generally has a bright 

 rufous tinge, while the under parts and the inner surfaces of the limbs are red- 

 dish brown. The so-called black-and-red tamarin (M. rufoniger) would appear to 

 be only a brighter-colored variety of this species, in which the back, loins, thighs, 

 and legs are of a bright chestnut red. It occurs in Brazil, and appears to have been 

 met with by Mr. Bates on the upper Amazon in the neighborhood of Ega. In 

 referring to the marmoset, provisionally identified with this form, this traveler 

 writes as follows : "One day, whilst walking along a forest pathway, I saw one of 

 these lively little fellows miss his grasp as he was passing from one tree to another 

 along with his troop. He fell headforemost from a height of at least fifty feet, but 

 managed cleverly to alight on his feet in the pathway ; quickly turning round, he 

 gave me a good stare for a few moments, and then bounded off gaily to climb 

 another tree. ' ' Mr. Bates adds that the habits of this animal are precisely the same 

 as those of the negro tamarin. 



Deville's tamarin (M. devillei), from Peru, is another nearly related species, 

 with the head, neck, front of the back, fore-limbs, and tail black ; the hinder 

 part of the back marked with gray and black transverse bars ; and the loins and legs 

 bright chestnut red. 



This curious little creature {M. mystax} belongs to a well-marked 

 Moustached . . .... . , , , . . - 



_ . group of two or three species readily recognized by having the tip of 



the nose and the lips covered with white hairs, giving a very peculiar 

 look to the face. It is found in the upper Amazon valley, both in Brazil and Peru. 

 It is black, with a brownish tinge on the back- and thighs ; the white hairs on the 

 nose and lips being long, and forming a broad tuft. Mr. Bates, who met with this 

 species on the upper Brazilian Amazon, near Tabatinga, says that, when seen from 

 a short distance, it looks exactly as though it were holding ball a of snow-white cot- 

 ton in its teeth. 



The red-bellied tamarin (M. labiatus) is an allied upper Amazonian species, 

 with a very smooth and glossy coat, of a deep blackish-brown color on the back ; 

 while the under parts are a mixture of rich black and reddish hues. The white 

 hairs on the nose and lips are much shorter and less conspicuous than in the mous- 

 tached tamarin ; those on their lips merely forming a thin line on the margins, 

 instead of a distinct tuft. 



