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seemed, that he would be sure to come to me, both being in the habit of paying me 
a daily visit together, came straight to my dwelling, taking a short cut over gardens, 
trees, and thickets, instead of going the roundabout way of the street. It had never 
done this before, and we knew the route it had taken only from a neighbour having 
watched its movements. On arriving at my house, and not finding its master, it 
climbed to the top of my table, and sat with an air of quiet resignation waiting for 
Humboldt’s saki nat. size). 
him. Shortly afterwards my friend entered, and the gladdened pet then jumped to 
its usual perch on his shoulder.” 
It would appear that this interesting little creature did not long survive, as its 
skin was brought home by Mr. Bates, and is now preserved in the British Museum, 
If the life of these sakis is thus short, when in comparatively free captivity in their 
native land, it must be doubly so when in our cold climate. We find this confirmed 
by the record of the two which have been exhibited of late years in the London 
Zoological Gardens, one of which was received on the 15th of May 1866, and died on 
the 26th of the following June. 
The last representative of this group of sakis is the Brazilian 
whiskered saki (P. rujiventer), which is distinguished, among other 
features, by the hairs being marked by a yellowish ring near the end. It is also 
characterised in the adult state by the red colour of the under-parts, as well as by 
Whiskered Saki. 
