RED-TAILED MONKEY, 
more robust than most of the others, as one of them 
has been known to li ve five or six years in France, 
with the precaution only of keeping it within 
doors, in a w arm room, in winter. The silky soft- 
ness of its coat has procured it the name here 
given it ; and its colours are not without beauty ; 
its flat face, hands, and feet, are of a dull purple 
colour ; its ears round and naked ; on the sides 
of the face, the hairs are very long, and turned 
backwards.; of a red or bright bay colour, some- 
times yellow, and the former colour only in patches ; 
the hair on the body is also long, very fine, glossy, 
and of a light, hut bright yellow ; its fingers have 
claws instead of nails. 
Red-tailed, or little lion monkey. 
This monkey also inhabits Guiana, Brasil, and 
the banks of the river of Amazons, whose woods 
swarm w r ith numberless species. It is agile and 
lively, and often marches with its tail over its 
back like a little lion. It has a round head, and 
a black pointed face ; its ears are round, of a 
dusky colour ; on its head it has long white hair 
spreading over its shoulders ; its shoulders and 
back are covered with long loose reddish brown 
hair ; the rump and half the tail are of a deep 
orange colour, almost red ; the remaining part of 
the tail, as well as the throat, and insides of the 
hands and feet, are black; its breast, belly, and 
legs, are w r hite ; its claws are crooked and sharp ; 
the length of the head and body is eight inches 
the tail above sixteen. Though its figure and 
appearance be singular, it is a beautiful animal ; 
its soft voice resembles rather the chanting of s$ 
small bird than the cry of a quadruped. 
