THE CUXIO. 



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THE cuxio (BEARDED SAKI). 



Among the host of curiously shaped, long-tailed, active 

 little monkeys which inhabit the American forests, the cuxio 

 is one of the most remarkable. Its general colour is a grizzly- 

 brown ; but the head, limbs, and tail, are black. As the 

 passer-by sees the odd little creature gazing down on him, he 

 might fancy that it had 

 just escaped from the 

 hands of the perruquier. 

 The black hair of its head 

 is parted carefully on 

 either side. Its enormous 

 black beard seems as if 

 just freshly dressed; while 

 its bushy tail looks as 

 if equally cared for. Not- 

 withstanding its some- 

 what fierce and Turk-like 

 visage, it lives a respect- 

 able, domestic life, with 

 one partner alone the 

 sharer of its home en- 

 gaged in the task of rear- 

 ing its infant progeny. 

 She is not of so dark a colour as her mate, her hair being 

 chiefly of a rusty-brown. 



The odd little creature's head is of aground form, and con- 

 siderable size, greatly increased in appearance by the amount of 

 hair which surrounds it. The nostrils are wide, and divided by 

 an unusually large cartilage. It is furnished with large jaws, 



THE CUXIO. 



