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soon as he had finished this nauseous morsel, I offered 

 him a Gold Tail Moth, but he shrank from the sight of 

 it, and had evidently had quite enough of white moths 

 for the time being. And yet he eagerly seized and 

 devoured many other inconspicuous insects which I 



FIG. 50. Satin Moth (to the left) and Gold Tall Moth on an ivy leaf ; 

 natural ze. Although the moths are often of the same size, the 

 Gold Tail is generally the smaller. 



offered to him. It was merely the resemblance to the 

 moth which had so disgusted him that saved the Gold 

 Tail, for on another occasion he ate four of these 

 moths one after the other with the greatest relish. 

 The marmoset has a far more delicate taste than any 



