COLLARED TEE-TEE. QallUhrtx torquatus. 



Of this ornament the Cuxio is mightily careful, protecting its facial ornament with a 

 veneration equal to that beard-worship for which the mediaeval Spanish noble was 

 world-famous. It is even more fastidious in this respect than the Diana monkey, whose 

 beard-protecting customs have been alluded to on page 50. The Diana will hold its 



CUXIO, OR BEARDED SAKI. Brachyurus Satanas. 



beard aside when it drinks ; but the more cautious Cuxio forbears to put its face near 

 the water. Instead of drinking a deep draught by suction, as is the custom with most 

 monkeys, it scoops up the liquid in the palm of its hand, and so avoids the danger of 

 wetting its beard. 



