Monkeys. 183 



THE OUTSTITI AND MARIKINA MONKEYS. 



(Jacchus vulgaris and Rosalia.) 



THE OOISTITI, or MARMOZET, inhabits the Brazils, and is 

 of small size, not measuring more than seven inches, 

 though his tail is near eleven ; he weighs about six 

 ounces, and, like others of his kind, lives not only on 

 vegetables, but also upon insects, the eggs of birds, and 

 even small birds. His face is almost naked , of a swarthy 

 fle^h colour, with a white spot above the nose : the tail 

 is full of hair, and annulated with ash-coloured and black 

 rings alternately ; his nails are sharp, and his fingers 

 like those of a squirrel. 



The MARIKINA is a beautiful little animal, not above 

 nine inches long, and is sometimes called the Lion Mon- 

 key ; his hair is long, soft, and glossy ; his head is round, 

 his face brown, and his ears hid under the long hairs 

 which surround his face, and which are of a bright red, 

 while those on his body and tail are of a beautiful pale 

 3*ellow, or gold colour. He is very playful, and of a 

 seemingly robust temperament, for we have seen one 

 which lived five or six years in Paris, without any other 

 particular care than keeping it during the winter in a 

 chamber in which there was a fire every day. 



