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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



Photo h) bthciastic Photo. C.'o.] [Parsons Gretn 



PATAS MONKEY 



Found in West Africa. A large and brilliantly coloured sfecies 



rare and delicate monkeys from America, 

 which cannot stand the draughts of the outer 

 house, like the Capuchins and spider monkeys. 

 The greater number of these come from tropical 

 America. There, in the mighty forests, so lofty 

 that no man can climb the trees, so dense that 

 there is a kind of upper story on the interlaced 

 tree-tops, where nearly all the birds and many 

 mammals live without descending to earth, 

 forests in which there is neither summer nor 

 winter, but only the changes from hour to hour 

 of the equatorial day, the exquisite MARMOSETS, 

 whose fur looks like the plumage and whose 

 twittering voices imitate the notes of birds, live 

 and have their being. They are all much alike 

 in shape, except that the LION MARMOSET'S 

 mane is like that of a little lion clad in floss silk ; 

 and they all have sharp little claws, and feed 

 on insects. The PINCHE MARMOSET from the 

 Guiana forests has a face like a black Indian 

 chief, with white plumes over his head and neck 

 like those worn by a " brave " in full war-paint. 

 Merchants who do business with Brazil very 

 frequently import marmosets and the closely 



allied tamarins as presents for friends at home in England ; 



the Brazilians themselves like to have them as pets also ; so 



there is to some extent a trade demand for them. 



Among the most delicate of American monkeys are the 



OUKARIS, which have somewhat human faces, exquisite soft 



fur, and are as gentle as most of these forest creatures. They 



seldom live long in captivity, a few months being as much as 



they will generally endure, even in Brazil. Perhaps the rarest 



of all is the white-haired SCARLET-FACED OUKARI. This monkey 



has long white hair from neck to tail, sandy whiskers, and a 



bright scarlet face. It lives in a district of partly flooded forest, 



and is only obtained by the Indians using blow-pipes and 



arrows dipped in very diluted urari poison. The WHITE- 

 HEADED SAKI is a rare and very pretty little monkey of Brazil ; 



and there are- a very large number of other species of this 



group whose names it would be mere weariness to mention. 



All these small monkeys are very quick and intelligent, while 



the rapidity of their movements, their ever-changing expres- 

 sion, and sharp, "eager cries heighten the idea of cleverness 



given by their ge'neral appearance. Other little imps of these 



forests are the SQUIRREL MONKEYS. In the common species 



the face is like a little furry man's, its arms brilliant yellow (as 



if dipped in gamboge dye), the cheeks pink, and eyes black. 



In habits it is a quick-tempered, imperious little creature, 



carnivorous, and a great devourer of butterflies and beetles. 

 The most beautiful and entertaining of all monkeys are 



Photo ty C. Reid] [.Wisnaw, N. B. 



WANDEROO MONKEY 



The number of monkeys which ha-ve leonine 

 manei is large. The manes act as cafes to keep 

 the dew and wet from their chats and shoulden. 



