02 MAMMALIA. 



the next g;roup, which chiefly dilTVrs from tlie third (Brac/ii/iinfs, S\nx}, in possessing" a lonp: tail: the hair is 

 comparatively short, and in the Jacket Saki of a rich dark brown, except on the head, where it is lonf^er, crisped, 

 and deep black, as is also its fine bushy beard. Others would appear intermediate, as the P. A«/»7/mA-, Humb. : 

 seeming-ly allied to which is the J3rac/ii/t/ni.t i.-.rar/ifn:.- nf :rpix, and the diminxitive P. meiaiiocyj/i/i/u of Humboldt.* 

 These last are represented as mainly fruf^ivorons, and the first to be g-reat destroyers both of wild bees and their 

 honey. They are said to inhabit the very depth uf the forest, and tu repose durin;,^ mid-day ; are moderately 

 social, and crepuscular if not uucturnal in their time of action.] 



There arc also boinc, 



The Sagouins (CaUithrbr, Ccof.), — 

 The tail uf wliicli is slender, and the teeth do not ])rojeet. They were a longtime assoeiaterl with the 

 Saimiri, hut the head of the Sagouins is much higher, and their canines consideraljly shorter, liueh 

 are 



Tlie Masked ^^%r,\\\Ti{C. personata, Geof.), the Widow Sagouin (C. higcu.f^ Ilumli.), [and several others; someof 

 wliich have been ascertained to live in pairs, while others, (as the C. mehniorhir, I'r. .Ma-x.), assenjble in numerous 

 bands, and make a loud and mipleasant yelping about sunrise. They are very carnivorous, though small, and 

 sprino; to a considerable distance on birds and other prey, for which they lie in wait ; are alsode.xterous in seizing" 

 Ilyiii;:^ insects with the hand They lia\e none of the spnghtliness of the ^aimiri.] 



The Douroucovli {Xocihoras, F. Cnv. ; NijclipilhecHs, Spix : iu)properly named Jo/us hy JHiger), — 

 Only dirler from the Sagouiui, by their great nocturnal eyes, and in. their ears being partly hidden 

 under the hair. 



[Tliree species are now known, of somewhat Lemur-like apjieararice, but still ha\ini^ no particular relation- 

 ship with the Lemurs. They are almost letharg-ic by day, which they pa'^.^ iu tliL- darkest recesses of the hollows 

 of trees ; but at ni,L;hl: are all energ:y and activity, and subsist on small Lards and insects, as well as fruit : they 

 tlriiik little, and appear to live in pairs.] 



All the fureg-oin^ animals are from Guiana or Brazil. 



TlUl OULSTITIS [Hapfilr, Illi-er),— 



Constitute a small geims, similar to the Sakis. ami whieli was loii;^^ confoumled in the g-reat 

 <>enus Siinia. They have, in fact, like the American Muiikey-hke animals in genei'ul, the 

 head rnuml, vi <a;_:'e fhit, iifjstrils hitcral, the huttucks han-y, no eheck-jmnclies ; and, like the 

 latter divisions id' them in jiarticn.lar, the tail not prebensiie : but they have only twenty 

 grinders, hke those of the old eontiiient. All their nails are compressed aiid pi>inted, except 

 those of the liiiidcr thumbs [a character to \vliieh the immediately })rcceding divisions a}i}>rox- 

 naatf], au;l their anterior tluimbs are so httle separated from the other dis^its, that ^\e hesi- 

 tate to apply the name Qiinilruindiin to them. All ai-e diminutive animals of pleasing' forms, 

 and are easdy tame(h [Their brain is surprisingly ]^)\v, almost without cunvohilions.] 



M. Geoffroy distinguishes the 0/u\ii.'/\\ prnp: riy so called, Ijy the name Jacc/ius. The}" ai'C the 



Marmosets (/fajiale, as restricted), — 

 "Which, for characters, have tlic inferiiu' inci-,i)rs pointcil, and placed in a curved line, equalling the 

 canines. Their tail is annulatcd, and well eovci'cd with hair; an{i their cars are generally tufted. 



[Seven or eiglit species are tolerably established, snme of whit'li are sulijcrt to vai-y. Tln-se prrtty little creatures 

 are gregarious, ami \ery indiscriminate feeders ; ai"c indeed laiiaeiuu:?, and in cunlinement will eagerly seize and 

 prey on gold fishes, 6^c. Thi.'y produce two or thi"ee young at a birth.] 



]\I. GeotlVoy designates as 



TAMARrxR {iiIida.->), — 



Those species which have inferior trenchant incisors placed in an almost straight line, and shorter 

 than the canines. Their tail is also more slender, and not annulaled. 



[These iblVer mnrr th;ni the nthers, and ,o"r ;i!mi sMinrwbat \an,iblf in cii'diir. At least seven or cig-lit hn\e been 

 ascertained, of whidi the rincde (AV;//. ir<r/jiiis, Lin.i, is the Imigest Ksinwn. Tliu>-e curious little beings, the 

 Silky Taniariu(J/. ro.s-fi/ia), and the Leoiicitn. or Lion MunIu-;/ of lUnnboidt {M. !.:on/u»^-}, fall under this di\isiun. 



■■ n is iimhul.l... llint nil 1„H tli- rMe,iil)LT.s of the Tirst shuuld r:uii;L' iu the lli^i^in[| Drac/,y>(rU5, Si^ix, (pruMd,;d tl.i. bt sci.aralil, .) wliich 



