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abdomen is white : the tail very long, and beautifully annulated with numerous 

 diftinft circles of black and white : the eyes are very large and prominent, and 

 the irides are bright golden-orange : they are furrounded by a circle of black, 

 which commonly unites in front, and paffes down the nofe : the vifage is long 

 and fharp : the fur, as in others of this genus, is extremely foft, and grows in a 

 fuberedt manner, fo as to give the animal a larger appearance than it would 

 otherwife have : its general fize is that of a middling cat. 



Thefe animals in their native (late arc faid to alTociate in troops, and wan- 

 der about the woods in queft of fruits, and even the fmaller animals. In the 

 ftruflure of the feet the Macaucos refemble the Simis. 



LOXIA 



