24 



The Living Animals of the World 



Photo by Scholastic Photo. Co.] [Parsoii'a Green. 



TATAS MONKEY. 

 Found in West Africa. A large and brilliantly coloured species. 



house, like the Capuchins and spider monkeys. 

 The greater number of these come from 

 tropical America. There, in the mighty 

 forests, so lofty that no man can climb the 

 trees, so dense that there is a kind of upper 

 storey on the interlaced tree-tops, where nearly 

 all tlie birds and many mammals li\e -without 

 descending to earth, forests in which there 

 is neither summer nor winter, but only the 

 changes from hour to hour of the equatorial 

 day, the exquisite Marmosets, whose fur looks 

 like the plumage and whose twittering voices 

 imitate the notes of birds, live and have their 

 being. They are all much alike in shape, 

 except that the LiON ]Mar.moset's mane is like 

 that of a little lion clad in floss silk; and 

 they all have sharj) little claws, and feed on 

 insects. The PI^'CHE Marmoset from the 

 Guiana forests has a face like a black Indian 

 chief, with white plumes over his head and 

 neck like those worn by a "brave" in full 

 war-pjaint. jMerchants who do business with 

 Brazil very frequently import marmosets and 

 the closely allied tamarins as presents for 

 friends in Enafland ; the Brazilians them- 



so 



selves like to have them as pets also 

 there is to some extent a trade demand for them. 



Among the most delicate of American monkeys are the 

 OuKARiS, which have somewhat human faces, exquisite soft fur, 

 and are as gentle as most of these forest creatures. They 

 seldom live long in captivity, a few months being as much 

 as they will generally endure, even in Brazil. Perhaps the 

 rarest of all is the white-haired Scarlet-faced Ol'Kari. This 

 monkey has long white hair from neck to tail, sandy 

 whiskers, and a bright scarlet face. It li\es in a district 

 of partly flooded forest, and is only obtained by the Indians 

 using blow-pipes and arrows dipped in very diluted urari 

 poison. The Wiiite-headed Saki is a rare and very pjretty 

 little monkey of Brazil ; and there are a very large number 

 of other species of this group whose names it would be 

 mere weariness to mention. All these small monkeys are 

 very quick and intelligent, while the rapidity of their 

 movements, their ever-changing expression, and sharp, 

 eager cries heighten the idea of cleverness given by their 

 general appjearance. Other little imps of these forests are 

 the Squirrel Monkeys. In the common species the face 

 is like a little furry man's, its arms brilliant yellow (as 

 if dipped in gainlwge dye), the cheeks pink, and eyes 

 black. In habits it is a <|uick-tempered, imperious little 

 creature, carni\orous, and a great devourer of butterflies and 

 beetles. 



The most beautiful and entertaining of all monkeys 



Photu by c. Jidd\ I ]rishatc, K.Jl. 



WASDEROO MOXKEY. 



The number of monkeys ^^'bich bave leonine 

 manes is large. The manes act as capes to keep 

 tlie dew and wet from tbeir chests and shoulders. 



