30 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. 



at the same time in a forward attitude, as represented 

 in the figure given by Humboldt. 



The physiognomy has a much more human expres- 

 sion than that of the generahty of monkeys, particularly 

 in the face, which is naked and black : its profile is not 

 much unlike the Ethiopian ; the head is oval, but flat- 

 tened on the sides : on the eyelids, mouth, and chin 

 there are a few stiff hairs, but the chin has no beard : 

 the ears are large, and, like those of the human subject, 

 are naked. The fur is long, shining, and of a nearly 

 uniform yellowish brown colour over the whole of the 

 body. The fingers are much lengthened ; the nails rather 

 flat ; and the tail, notwithstanding its shortness, is thick, 

 and almost naked towards its extremity. 



The Little Striated Monkey. 



Jacchus vulgaris. Desmarest. Simia Jacchus, Linn. Hapales 

 Jacchus, Illiger. Striated Monkey, Pennant. 



This pretty little monkey, the most common of all 

 those which are brought from Tropical America, not 

 only endures the variable temperature of the European 

 climate, but has been known even to give birth to its 

 offspring under the careful management of the Parisian 

 keepers. M. F. Cuvier has given us an animated and 

 interesting account of this circumstance, from which the 

 following particulars are taken. — On coming into the 

 worl;!, the young had their eyes open, and their skins 

 were covered with very smooth hair, of a deep grey 

 colour, but which was scarcely perceptible upon the 

 tail. They instantly attached themselves to the mother, 

 embracing her closely, and hiding themselves in her 

 fur. Prompted, however, by that most unaccountable 

 and unnatural instinct, which the rabbit and some other 

 animals in a state of confinement so frequently exhibit, 

 the mother, in the present instance, was impelled to de- 

 stroy one of its offspring, and she actually ate off its 

 head before the poor little thing began to suck. The 

 two others (for there were three in the litter) took to 



