§2 MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Sagoins. 



S2 4. Marikina. — 46. S. Sagoinus rofalius, 26. 



Is beardlefs : Has a very hairy head : The circumference of the face and the feet are 

 red ; and the claws are fharp and narrow. 



Yellowifh white cercopithecus, having the circumference of the face of a deep red colour. BrifT. 

 quad. 200. — LefTer cercopithecus, of a pale olive colour with a fmalL head, called Acarima at 



Cayenne. Barrere Fr. equin. 151. — Marikina. Sm. Buff. viii. 209. pi. cclxxxvi Silky monkey. 



Penn. hift. of quad. n. 125. — Simia rofalia. Schreber, i. 130. tab. xxxv. 



Inhabits South America — A brifk animal, lefs impatient of cold than the reft of this race : The 

 body is of a yellowifh white colour - f the nails on the thumbs and great toes are rounded ; the ears 

 are naked, but are hidden beneath the fur : It has a round head, and a brown face, which is fur- 

 rounded with a kind of mane of a bright red colour ; the hair on the body and tail is long, filky, and 

 of a pale, but vivid, yellow colour, almoft white, with a confiderable tuft at the extremity of the tail 1 

 It walks on four feet, and is eight or nine inches in length, from the muzzle to the rump ; and the 

 tail is above thirteen inches long. This fpecies has the fame manners and vivacity with the other 

 Sagoins, but is more robuft in conftitufcion, as an individual lived five or fix years in Paris,, being kept 

 In a warm room during winter. 



8} £, Mico. — 47. iS. Sagoinus argentatus. 47. 



Is beardlefs j of a filvery white colour, with a red face and brownifh tail. Mant. pi. 2. 

 P . 521. 



Cercopithecus of a filvery white-grey colour, having a bright red face and ears, and a chefnut 

 coloured tail. BrifT. quad. 142. n. 103. — Mico. Sm. Buff. viii. 214. pi. cclxxxviii.— Fair monkey. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. n. 127. — Simia argentea. Schreber, i. 131. tab. xxxvi. 



Inhabits the country near the river Amazons in South America. — This is a very rare fpecies : The 

 body is about feven or eight inches long, including the head, and is covered with long beautiful filve- 

 ry white hair ; the tail is about one half longer than the body, and is clothed with gloffy brown hair 

 approaching to black ; the face, muzzle, and ears, are naked, and of a lively vermilion colour, as if 

 painted ; the muzzle is fhort, and the partition between the noftrils is thinner than in the other Sa- 

 goins j the eyes are diftant, and the ears large; the claws on the thumbs, fingers, and toes, are crook- 

 ed, narrow, and pointed, but the great toes have flat rounded nails. 



84 6. Tamarind — 48. S. Sagoinus tnidas. 27. 



Is beardlefs ; the upper lip is cleft ; the ears are naked and fquared ; the claws are 

 iharp and narrow; and the feet are of a faffron colour. Muf. Ad. Frid. 2. p. 4. 



Very fmall, black, lion-headed cercopithecus, with ears like the elephant. Barrere Fr. equin. 

 151.— Very fmall, black cercopithecus, with faffron coloured paws. Edw. av. 196. t. 196.— Black 

 cercopithecus with faffron coloured feet. Gronov. zooph. 20. — Cai. Raj. quad. 155. — Tamarin. 

 Sm. Buff. viii. 203. pi. cclxxxiv.— Great-eared monkey. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 123. 



Inhabits Surinam.— The body is of a black colour, and about the fize of a fquirrel ; the tail is 

 black, and twice the length of the body ; the ears are large, naked, and blunt ; the hands and feet 



are 



