438 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Saki is a native of Guiana, where it is called the 



Saccawinke. 



The TAMARIN 



is about the fize of a Squirrel : Its face is naked, of a 

 fwarthy flefli colour ; its upper lip fomewhat divided ; its 

 ears are very large and eretT:, from whence it is called 

 the Grfat-eared Monkey ; its hair is foft, fhaggy, 

 and of a black colour; hands and feet covered with 

 orange-coloured hair, very fine and fmooth; its nails 

 long and crooked ; tail black, and twice the length of its 

 body. 



The Tamarin inhabits the hotter parts of South-Ame- 

 rica ; is a lively, pleafant animal ; eafily tamed ; but fo 

 delicate, that it cannot bear a removal to a lefs temperate 

 climate. 



