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to the point. The hair on the fuperlor parts of 

 the body is of a yellowifli brown colour; that 

 on the breaft, belly, hands, and feet, is white. 

 The whole fkin is black. The throat is naked 

 and black, like the face. Though its figure be 

 fiagular, it is a beautiful animal. Its voice is 

 foft, and rather refembles the chanting of a fmall 

 bird thari the cry of a quadruped. It is extreme- 

 ly delicate, and requires great precautions to be 

 tranfported from America to Europe*. 



Diftinciivs Characters of tbu Species. 



The pinche has neither cheek-pouches nor 

 callofities on the buttocks. His tail is not pre- 

 henfile, and is more than twice the length of 

 the head and body. Ihe partition of the no- 

 ilrils is thick, and the apertures are placed at a 

 fule. The face, throat, and ears are black ; on 

 the head are long white hairs. The muzzle is 

 broad, and the face round. The hair on the 

 body is pretty long, of a yellowifh brown or 

 reddilh colour till near the tail, where it becomes 



orange; 



* In Brafil, de Lery remarks, there is a marmot, which the 

 favages aWJagoin. It exceeds not the lize of a fquirrel, aad 

 is of the fame reddilli colour. Its muzzle refembles that of 

 the lion. It is one of the moft beautiful animals I have ever 

 feen; and, if it were as eafily tranfported as the monkey, it ' 

 would be much more eftecmed. It is fo delicate, that it can- 

 not endure the motion of a fiiip ; and, befides, it is fo haughty, 

 that the fmalleft affront makes it die with chagrin; Voyage dc 

 JtandeLery, /. 163. 



