LESSER CAGUI MONKEY. 
taking of the nature of the squirrel. The 
body, inckiding the head, was about six Inches 
and a half long, and the tail nearly twice that 
length. The largest of this species are sup- 
posed to weigh about six ounces, and the smal- 
lest onlv four and a half. They are all natives 
of Brasil. 
The head of the animal figured was very- 
round: it's crown beins; covered with black 
hairs; and it's sides, as well as all round the 
ears, having long white hair, whicli stood out 
in two tufts, after a very singular manner, so 
as to appear in front like a peruke. The ears, 
which were visible in a side view of the ani- 
mal, resembled those of the human species ; 
being naked, and of a dark flesh-colour. 
There was little or no hair on the face ; the 
skin of which was a swarthy flesh-colour, 
except on the upper part of the forehead, 
Wiiere it was white. The eves were of a red- 
dish hazel, with black pupils. 7'he wliole 
body was covered with dark brownish ash- 
coloured hair, of a very soft woolly nature: 
that on the back was a little hrmer than the 
rest; and each single hair was of various co- 
lours, 
