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Europe *. We must not confound the ouistiti ~f 

 of Buffon, which is the titi of Mr. d'Azara ; the 

 titi% of Carthagena and the isthmus of -Darien, 

 which is the pinche of BufFon ; and the titi § of 

 the Oroonoko, which is the saimiri of French 

 naturalists. In the different Spanish colonies 

 the name of titi is given to monkeys, that belong 

 to three different subgenera ||, and vary in the 

 number of their grinders \ This number ex- 

 cludes even the finest of the three titis, that of 

 the Oroonoko, from the genus which Mr. Illiger 

 has formed under the denomination of ouistiti, 

 or hapale. It is almost needless to observe, 

 after what I have said, how much it is to be 

 wished, that we should abstain in works of 

 science from those vulgar names, which, dis- 

 figured by our orthography, and varying in every 

 province, augment the deplorable confusion of 

 zoological nomenclature. 



* A fine saimiri, or titi of the Oroonoko, may be purchased 

 at Pararuma for eight or nine piastres. The missionary pays 

 one and a half to the Indian, who has caught and tamed the 

 monkey. 



+ Simia jacchus, striate monkey. 

 X Simia oedipus, red-tailed monkey. 

 § Simia sciurea, orange monkey. 



|| The genera callithrix, jacchus, and midas, of Mr.Geoffroy 

 de St. Hilaire. 



1T The titi of the Oroonoko (of the family of sagoins) ha» 

 six grinders ; the titis of Darien and Paraguay (of the family 

 of impales) have five grinders on each side. 



