THE MARMOZET. 15 



A pair of these monkeys bred in the menagerie of the Jardin 

 des Plantes, at Paris. On April 27, 1819, the female brought 

 forth three young ones, a male and two females. They instantly 

 embraced their mother and hid themselves in her fur. However, 

 previously to their sucking, she cruelly deprived one of them of 

 life, and tore its head off. The two others took the breast, and 

 from that moment she bestowed on them the natural attentions 

 of a mother, and her cares were shared by the father. When 

 the mother was tired of carrying the young ones, she would 

 approach the male, and utter a little plaintive cry, when he 

 would immediately take them and place them under him, or on 

 his back, where they held fast, and thus he would carry them 

 about until they showed uneasiness for want of food, when he 

 returned them to the mother, who, after satisfying their wants, 

 got rid of them again as soon as possible. The care of the young 

 devolved principally upon the father, their mother not evincing 

 for them that degree of tenderness and affection so usual in the 

 females of most species. 



Mr. Gavin Milroy published, in May, 1828, the following 

 account of the habits of a marmozet, which he purchased in the 

 previous June at Bahia, the capital of the province of San Sal- 

 vador, in Brazil. " At first he was exceedingly fierce and wild, 

 screeching most vehemently when any one dared to approach him. 

 I was about to sail for England, and took him with me on board 

 of our vessel immediately. I laid in a few oranges, bananas, 

 mangoes, and Indian corn, to feed him with during the voyage. 

 A little kennel or box was made, wherein he slept or retired when 

 frightened. It was long before he was so reconciled, even to 

 those who fed him, as to allow of the slightest touching or patting 

 of his body 5 and it was almost impossible to do this by surprise, 

 or by the most quiet and cautious approach, as he was not steady a 

 moment, but was constantly turning .his head round from side 

 to side, eyeing every person with the most suspicious and angry 

 look : his sense of hearing appeared to be excessively acute, so 

 that the slightest whisper was sure to arouse him. His voice 

 was peculiarly sharp and disagreeable, consisting of a very quick 



