THE MARMOSET 
HE beautiful little marmosets 
have their native home in Gui- 
ame ana and Brazil. They 
i have long and exquisitely 
==. soft fur, striped with black 
on white or reddish yel- 
My low. ‘The tail is long and full, and 
_aéf tinged with black. On each side of 
tee the face, just beneath the ears, is a 
iaree fandlike tuft of white hairs, giving the appear- 
ance of a peculiar headdress. 
Marmosets are beautiful and gentle, but they 
suffer severely from cold in our climate; they become 
very much attached to their masters if they are kind- 
ly treated. A pet marmoset loves to sit on its mas- 
ter’s hand with its little paws clinging to his fingers, 
and with tail curled about his wrist; and if chilly, it 
will hide beneath his coat, and cuddle up to his warm 
body. It is particularly fond of catching flies and 
eating them, and also considers cockroaches delicate 
morsels. A full-grown marmoset has a body from 
seven or eight inches long, and a tail a foot in length. 
FOOD 
Bananas, raw carrots, boiled potatoes, shelled 
peanuts, almost all kinds of fruit, Malaga grapes cut 
in half, meal worms and sweet crackers are all in the 
marmoset dietary. Once a day egg and milk mixed 
as if for egg-nog should be given; bread may be soak- 
ed in this mixture and condensed milk should be 
used. 
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