THE LONG-TUSKED MARMOSETS, OR TAMARINS 197 



THE PINCHE (Midas czdipus} 



In Colombia (New Granada) and Panama, the tusked marmosets are repre- 

 sented by two closely allied species differing in certain points from all the species 

 found in the more southerly or easterly regions. Both have the face and sides of 

 the head but sparsely haired, while there is a distinctly marked patch of hair differ- 

 ent from the rest on the crown of the head, and the hair on the neck is elongated. 



The present species is restricted to Colombia, and has been long known in 

 Europe ; it received its name of Pinche on what grounds we know not from the 

 French naturalist Buffon. It is represented in our illustration on p. 194, and is of a 

 grayish-brown color on the back ; the outer surface of the limbs and the root of 

 the tail being tinged with red, while the long tuft of hair which forms a crest on 

 the top of the head, as well as the throat, under parts, arms, and the front of the 

 legs, are white ; the tip of the tail being black. 



Geoffrey's marmoset (M. geoffroyi}, which is the representative of the Pinche 

 in Panama, is distinguished from that species by the hair on the crown of the 

 head not being elongated into a crest, but being short, and forming a narrow patch 

 of an oblong shape. Its coloration is very nearly the same as that of the Pinche, 

 with the exception that the hair on the nape of the neck is chestnut colored. 

 



THE SILKY MARMOSET (Midas rosalid) 



The last group of the marmosets is represented by the well-known silky mar- 

 moset, shown in the figure on the following page, and the golden-headed marmoset ; 

 both of which inhabit the forests of Southeastern Brazil, and are commonly 

 exhibited in the menageries of Europe. They are distinguished by having the 

 head and part of the neck covered with long hair, forming a kind of mane ; the 

 hair round the face being directed backwards. The face itself is but sparsely 

 haired, and the naked ears are partly concealed by the mane. The color is a bright 

 golden yellow, more or less tinged with red ; but there is a variety in which the 

 head, hands, and feet, as well as the end of the tail are blackish. 



The silky marmoset was known to Buffon under the name of the Marikina ; 

 and has also been described as the lion marmoset (M. leoninus). Mr. Bates, 

 who alludes to it under the latter name, which is due to the long mane of brown 

 hair hanging from the neck giving it very much the appearance of a miniature 

 lion, states that he once saw a tame individual of this species when on the upper 

 Amazon. After commenting on its playful and intelligent disposition, he observes 

 that it was familiar with every person in the house where it was kept, and 

 seemed to take particular pleasure in climbing about the bodies of the various 

 visitors who entered. " The first time I went in," writes Mr. Bates, "it ran across 

 the room straightway to the chair on which I had sat down, and climbed up to 

 my shoulder ; arrived there, it turned round and looked in my face, showing its 

 little teeth, and chattering, as though it would say, 'Well, and how do you do?' 

 It showed more affection towards its master than towards strangers, and would 

 climb up to his head a dozen times in the course of an hour." These marmosets 



