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APES AND MONKEYS. 



seemed, that he would be sure to come to me, both being in the liabit of paj-ing me 

 a daily \-isit together, came straight to my dwelling, taking a short cut over gardens. 

 trees, and thickets, instead of going the roundabout way of the street. It liad never 

 done this before, and we knew the route it had taken only from a neiglibour having 

 watched its movements. On arriving at Tsxy house, and not finding its master, it 

 climbed to the top of my table, and sat with an air of quiet resignation waiting for 



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HUMBOLDT'S SAKi (J uat. size). 



him. Shortly afterwards my friend entered, and the gladdened pet then jumped to 

 its usual perch on his shoulder." 



It would appear that this interesting little creature did not long survive, as its 

 skin was brought home by Mr. Bates, and is now preserved in the British Museum, 

 If the life of these sakis is thus short, when in comparatively free captivity in their 

 natiN'e land, it must be doubly .so when in our cold climate. We find this confirmed 

 by the record of the two which have been exhibited of late years in the London 

 Zoological Gardens, one of which was received on the 15th of Mayl8C6, and died on 

 the 2(3th of the following June. 



The last representative of this group of sakis is the Brazilian 

 whiskered saki (P. rufiventer), wliicli is distinguished, among other 

 features, by the hairs being marked by a yellowish ring near the end. It is also 

 characterised in the adult state by the red colour of the under-parts, as well as by 



Whiskered Saki. 



