THE MARIKINA. 



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the russet-brown tint with which it commences, to a deeper shade of brownish-black. I ts 

 voice is soft and gentle, and has often been compared to the twittering of a bird. 



The Pinche is quite as delicate in point of health as its slight form seems to indicate, 

 and can with difficulty endure the privations of a voyage. When the animal is full- 

 grown, the length of its head and body is about eight inches, and that of its tail rather 

 exceeding a foot. 



Among the various members of the monkey tribe, there is hardly any species that 

 can compare with the exquisite little MARIKINA, either for grace of form, or soft beauty 

 of color. 



The hair with which this creature is covered is of a bright and lustrous chestnut, with 

 a golden sheen playing over its long glossy locks. To the touch, the fur of the Marikina 

 is peculiarly smooth and silken ; and from this circumstance it is sometimes called the 

 Silky Monkey. 



PINCHE.-Jacc/ws OBdlpus. 



MARIKINA. Wacc/ms Rosalia. 



Both for the texture and color of the hair, the name is happily chosen, for the tint 

 of the Marikina's fur is just that of the orange-colored silk as it is wound from the 

 cocoon, while in texture it almost vies with the fine fibres of the unwoven silk itself. 



Another name for the same animal is the Lion Monkey, because its little face looks 

 out of the mass of hair like a lion, from out of his mane. 



The color of the hair is nearly uniform, but not quite so. On the paws it darkens 

 considerably, and it is of a deeper tint on the forehead and the upper surface of the 

 limbs than on the remainder of the body. Some specimens are wholly of a darker hue. 

 In no place is the fur very short ; but on the head, and about the shoulders, it is of 

 very great length in proportion to the size of the animal. 



The Marikina is rightly careful of its beautiful clothing, and is fastidious to a degree 

 about preserving its glossy brightness free from stain. Whether when wild, it keeps its 

 own house clean, or whether it has no house at all, is not as yet accurately ascertained ; 

 but in captivity, it requires that all cleansing shall be performed by other handn.* This 



