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and careful of them than the mother, and assisted in 

 the charge. The young generally keep upon the 

 back or under the belly of the female, and Cuvier 

 observed, that when the female was tired with carry- 

 ing them, she would approach the male with a shrill 

 cry, who immediately relieved her with his hands, 

 placing the young upon his back, or under his belly, 

 where they held themselves, and were carried about, 

 till they became restless for milk, when they were 

 given over to the mother, who, in her turn, would 

 again endeavour to get rid of them. Cuvier is of opi- 

 nion, however, that the general intelligence and pene- 

 tration exhibited by this animal, is inferior to many 

 of the smaller monkeys. 



In general, the species of this genus have a part of 

 the body and tail barred with a lighter shade. Some 

 are again uniform in the colours. One is entirely of 

 a silvery white, with a black tail, and all the exposed 

 parts of the skin being a bright red flesh-colour, give 

 a curious appearance to the animal. It has the com- 

 mon name of Mico, and will stand as H. argentatus. 



Another species without the barring is the H. mela- 

 nurus, or black-tailed Ouistiti, and which is considered 

 by Khul to make the passage to the next genus Midas, 

 or the Tamarins. This is our last genus in this 

 division, and is characterised nearly as the preceding, 

 but differs in the dentition ; the lower incisors are 

 equal, and cut in a sloping direction ; the forehead 



