The MARIKINA*, or Silky Monkey. 



THE Marlkini is commonly diftinguiflied 

 by the name of the fmall lion-ape. We 

 rejetfl: this compound denomination, becaufe the 

 marikina is not an ape, but a fagoin. Befides, he 

 has no more refemblance to a lion than a lark has 

 to an oftrich, there being no other relation be- 

 tween them than a kind of mane round the face 

 of the marikina, and a tuft of hair at the end 

 of his tail. His hair is long, fiiky, and vivid. 

 He has a round head, a brown face, red eyes, 

 and round naked ears, concealed under the long 

 hairs which furround his face: Thefe hairs are 

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* Marikina, the name of this animal in Maragnon; Mijfwn 

 Ju p. d' ylbhevilk, p. 252. 



The filky monkey, with a flat face, of a dull purple colour; 

 ears round and naked ; on the fides of the face the hairs very- 

 long, turned backwards, of a bright bay colour ; fometimes, 

 yellow, and the former only in patches; the hair on the body 

 . long, very fine, filky, gloffy, and of a pale bright yellow ; 

 hands and feet naked, and of a dull purple colour ; claws in- 

 ftead of nails to each finger; length of the head and body ten 

 inches ; tail thirteen and a half, a little bufhy at the end ; 

 Pennant's fyn-pf. of quad. p. 133. 



Cercopithecus minor dilute olivaceus, parvo capite, Acarima 

 a Cayenne ; Barrere Franc. Eqtiin. p. 151. 



Cercopithecus ex albo flavicans, faciei circumferentia fatu- 

 2"ite rufa; le petit finge-lion; Brijfon. quad. p. 142. 



Simla rofalla, caudata, imberbis, capite pilofo, faciei circum- 

 ferentia pedibufque rubric, ungulbus iubulatis ; Linn. Siji. 

 Nat. p. 41. 



