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The present species is restricted to Colombia, and has been long known in 

 Europe; it received its name of Pinche — on what grounds we know not — from the 

 French naturalist Bufibn. It is represented in our illustration on p. 194, and is of a 

 greyish-bi-o^\na colour on the back ; the outer surface of the limbs and the I'oot of 

 the tail being tinged with red, while the long tuft of hair which forms a crest on 



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SILKY MARMOSETS (J nat. size). 



the top of the head, as well as the throat, under-parts. arms, and the front of the 

 legs, are white ; the tip of the tail being black. 



Geofii-oy's marmoset (J/, geqrfroyi), which is the representative of the Pinche 

 in Panama, is distinguished from that species by the hair on the crown of the 

 head not being elongated into a crest, but being short, and forming a narrow 

 patch of an oblong shape. Its coloration is very nearl}^ the same as that of 

 the Pinche, with the exception that the hair on the nape of the neck is chestnut- 

 coloured. 



