THE AMERICAN MONKEYS—MARMOSET. 



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mentary feelings. He has all the qualities of a cow- 

 ard : the plaintive voice, the evident incapacity or 

 unwillingness to give in to necessity, the complain- 

 ing resignation, the morbid fancy that the actions of 

 all other creatures 

 in some way relate 

 to him, the constant 

 attitudes of either 

 ostentatiously 

 showing off or 

 shrinking from ob- 

 servation, the incon- 

 stancy in his expres- 

 sions, movements 



and actions. 

 Fruit, seeds, leaves 



and buds form the 



principal part of the 



food of the Marmo- 

 sets, but they also 



hunt insects, Spi- 

 ders, etc., with the 



greatest zeal, and 



eat them with evi- 

 dent relish. Indeed, 



one might say that 



they are animal 



feeders more than 



any other Monkeys, 



preferring this to 



vegetable food. 

 The Three We rec- 

 Groups of ognize 

 Marmosets, three 



distinct groups as 



belonging to the 



family Hapale : the 



Lion-like Monkey 



{Hapale leonina), 



having face and ears 



devoid of hair, a 



tufted tail, and a 



mane on the head, 



neck and shoulders; 



the Tamarins, to 



which belongs the 



Silver Monkey 



{Hapale Argefitata), 



having a longer tail, 



but no mane, and 



the Silky Monkey 



{Hapale pygmaa) 



having tufts on its 



ears. 

 The most common 



member of the last 



named group is the 



Saguin Ouistiti or 



Common Marmoset 



{Hapale jacchics). It 



is about ten inches 



in length and is 



clothed with soft, 



long hair. The col- 

 oring is black, white 



and russet* each 



hair being black at 



its root, and then 



tuft over each ear stand out in bold relief against 

 the brown face. 



In captivity they subsist on fruit, vegetables, in- 

 sects, Snails and meat, and soon get familiar with 



NIGHT MONKEYS. The picture represents Night Monkeys of South America, one of which has just seized a lit- 

 tle bird and it regards with disfavor the too near approach of its companion and evidently declines to share the toothsome 

 morsel in its possession with the intruder. The entire family of Night Monkeys are noted for their small, round heads 

 large eyes and long tails. Those indicated in the picture are sometimes called " Three-striped Owl Monkeys," on account 

 of the three divergent black stripes on their forehead and face. They feed upon small birds, insects and fruits, are strictly 

 nocturnal and have very powerful voices. (Nyctipithecus trivirgatus.) 



alternately russet, black and white. The tail is black, 

 showing about twenty white ringlets and a white tip. 

 A whitish spot on the forehead, and a pure white 



those who take constant care of them. They show 

 themselves distrustful and irritable towards stran- 

 gers and are capricious like naughty children 



