BED-TAILED MONKEY, 6S 
will occasionally feed on fish^ snails, insects. Sec. 
We are informed by the Count de Buffon, that 
it has been known to breed in Portugal: the 
young are said to be very deformed at first ; hav- 
ing very little fur on their body. I innasus ob- 
serves that it is a great enemy to cats. Its voice 
is a sort of shrill hissing note, and it has often a 
musky smelL 
RED-TAILED MONKEY. 
Simia CEdipus. S. caudata imherbis, capillo dependente, caudaruhra^ 
unguibus suhulatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. /. 41. 
Long-tailed beardless Monkey, with the hair of the head spread- 
ing downwards, red tail, and sharp nails. 
Pinche. Btif. i^, p. pJ. ij. 
Little Lion Monkey. Ednjoards, pL 195. 
Red-tailed Monkey. Pennant ^uadr. p. 22^. 
This is an animal of uncommon elegance. In 
size it is nearly equal to the former species, ov 
about as large as a squirrel. The upper parts of 
the body are of a pale reddish-brown : the under 
parts white : the limbs are also white. The face 
black : the hair on the head white, long, loose, 
and spreading over the shoulders in the manner 
of a mantle : the lower parts of the back and the 
upper half of the tail are of a deep orange-red ; 
the remainder of the tail black : the insides of the 
hands and feet are also black : the claws small 
and sharp. It is a native Guiana ; and is an ac- 
tive, lively animal : its voice is a kind of soft 
