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given to the animal, and at first terrified it by their strange writhings, but in a short time they 

 were mastered, and eaten. 



Cockroaches are a favorite article of food with the Marmoset, who might be put to good 

 service in many a house. In eating these troublesome insects, the Marmoset nips off the head, 

 wings, and bristly legs, eviscerates the abdomen, and so prepares the insect before it is finally 

 eaten. These precautions, however, are only taken when the cockroach is one of the larger 

 specimens, the smaller insects being eaten up at once, without any preparation whatever. 



Several instances of the birth of young Marmosets have taken place in Europe, but the 

 young do not seem to thrive well in these climates. The color of the young animal is a dusky 

 gray, without the beautiful markings which distinguish them when adult, and the tail is 

 destitute of hair. 



The length of the full-grown Marmoset is from seven to eight inches, exclusive of the tail, 

 which measures about a foot. 



Among the elegant little animals which are represented in the preceding page are members of 

 the same genus as the Marmoset, inhabitants of nearly the same localities, and possessed of many 

 similar qualities. 



THE PINCHE. Hapale mdlpus. 



The PINCHE is remarkable for the tuft of white and long hair which it bears on its head, 

 and which is so distinctly marked, that the little creature almost seems to be wearing an arti- 

 ficial head of hair. The throat, chest, abdomen, and arms, are also white, and the edges of 

 the thighs are touched with the same tint. On each shoulder there is a patch of reddish- 

 chestnut, fading imperceptibly into the white fur of the chest, and the grayish-brown hair that 

 covers the remainder of the body. Its eyes are quite black. 



The tail of the animal is long and moderately full : its color slightly changes from 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 money tribe, there is hardly any species that can com- 

 pare with the exqisite little MARIKINA, either for grace of form, or soft beauty of color. 



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 pecu- 

 liarly smooth and silken ; and from this circumstance it is sometimes called the Silky Monkey. 



Both for the texture and color of the hair, the name is happily chosen, for the tint of the 

 Marikina' s fur is just that of the orange-colored 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. 



