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is l)Ct\vccn thirteen and fonrtecn. Tlio different species vary in color from 

 a greenish yellow to a shining black. Tiie hair is remarkably soft and 

 lustrous. Some liave the throat marked with a white band ; the hands also, 

 on the outside, of the same color, resembling somewhat a pair of white 

 gloves. 



Gemjs NoCTnonrs {DouroucouU). — Only three species are known. 

 They sleep during the day in hollow trees, and seek their food at night, 

 wliich consists indiscriminately of birds, insects, and fruits. They live in 

 pairs. The head of the Douroucouli is more like that of a cat than a 

 monkey. The eyes arc very large, and the mouth is surrounded with 

 strong, white, bristly hairs. When sleeping, it is seated like a dog, the ' 

 back is bent, the four hands arc brought together, and the head is almost 

 concealed between them. It is a savage little animal, and has never been 

 thoroughly tamed. When enraged, it raises its back like a cat, and strikes 

 with its paw, using it with great quickness. It inhabits the forests of 

 the Orinoco. 



Gexus IIapales — The -Marmosets. This is a group of interesting 

 and lively little animals. Eight species are ascertained, the most re- 

 markable of wliich is the Fair ^lonkey (tSiinid nrgcnta, Linn.). It is a 

 beautiful animal, having the head small and round, face and hands scarlet, 

 the body and limbs covered with long hair, of shining white ; the tail longer 

 than the body, and of a lively, shining, cliestnnt color. It is larger than the 

 Striated Monkey (/">'. juixlms, Linn.). This pleasing monkey abounds on 

 the Amazon. All the Marmosets arc interesting, lively, and pretty crea- 

 tures, and, with the exception of the Tamarius, arc the smallest animals of 

 the IMonkcy -family. 



IIapales Jacchus — Striated Monkey. This is a beautiful little animal, 

 easily tamed, becoming playful and familiar after the restraint of a ii^w 

 hours. It is about eight inches in length, exclusive of the tail, which is 

 nearly a foot. The general color of the fur is a grayish olive, approaching 

 to black on the head and shoulders, and the lower part of the back and 

 tail arc annulated with circles of a ricii pale gray, which alternately shade 

 into each other; the lower parts of the body and fore jiarts of the extremities 

 are brownish-gray. Tiie face is flesh-color, and there is a white spot on the 

 forehead. The animal is singularly marked by two tufts of grayish-white 

 hair, of considerable length, which spring round each car. It is om- 

 nivorous. Edwards says the one which he had opportunities of observ- 

 ing "fed upon biscuits, fruits, insects, &c., and that once, when loosed, it 

 snatched a Chinese gold-fish from a basin of water and immediately devoured 

 it. After this its owner gave it live eels, which frightened it at first by 

 twisting round its neck, but it soon mastered and ate them." 



