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THE STRIATED MONKEY *. 



This little animal, no bigger than a squirrel, is a 

 native of Brazil. The tail is long and very thickly 

 covered with fur, beautifully marked through its 

 whole length with alternate bars of black and white. 

 The body is of a reddish ash -colour, slightly un- 

 dulated with dusky shades. The face is a dark 

 ilesh colour, having on each side a very large and 

 thick tuft of milk-white hair, standing out before 

 the ears. The paws, which are covered with hair, 

 have sharp nails -j-. 



In a native state, these monkies are supposed to 

 subsist principally on fruits, but in a state of con- 

 finement they will occasionally feed on insects, snails^ 

 &c. One that was brought to England in an 

 East India ship would eat nuts, but could not be 

 prevailed on to touch ripe fruits. This creature 

 was peculiarly fond of the smaller kind of Spiders 

 and their eggs, but he uijiformly refused the larger 

 ones, as well as the large blue-bottle Flies, though 

 he frequently ate the common ones 1^.. 



Mr. Edwards saw and drew onp that belonged to 

 Mrs. Kcnnon, formerly midwife to the Royal Fa- 

 mily. This lady informed hitn that it ate many 

 different kinds of food, as biscuits, fruit, vegeta- 

 bles, insects, and snails ; and that once, when let 



* Synonyms.— Siinia Jaccluis. l,//ii/. — Striated Monkey. Pcmi. 

 S/jrtr:'— Oustiti. J?//,^i — Sanp;liii, or T<esscr Cagui. Echvards.S^wv^Wn 



Kerr. S/Km-'n Gcii. .C^oo/./;/. 2d. Jin:;. Suae/, p. 4;;i). 



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