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above its ears. In confinement it is active and affectionate, but not very wide 
in the limits of its intelligence. It is insectivorous, and is particularly fond of 
cockroaches. The marmoset species are the smallest of the monkey family, and 
are all peculiar to South America. 
The Tamarin ( Midas ursulus ) has no tuft, and its lips are not white. 
Its bushy tail is much longer than its body, the two together being something 
over three feet. Its color is black, changing here and there to a gray-brown 
or a red-brown. 
The New Granada Marmoset, or Geoffroy’s Marmoset ( Jacchus , or 
Midas geoffroii), is whitish-brown, tuftless, short-haired, and has chestnut color¬ 
ings on its neck and at the root of the tail, which become black at its tip. 
The Two-colored Marmoset ( Midas bicolor ) is grayish-brown, changing 
to white in the front. Its tail is black, really adding a third color. 
The Mustached Marmoset ( Midas mystax ) is a Peruvian species whose 
lip is adorned with long white hairs. 
The Red-bellied Marmoset [Midas labiatus) is more conspicuous from 
its ventral coloring than for its 
mustaches. It belongs to the 
country of the Amazon. 
The Capped Marmoset 
[Midas pileatus ) wears a cap of 
gold, and the Rufus Marmo¬ 
set [Midas rufiventer ) seems to 
unite the peculiarities of the red- 
bellied and the capped marmosets. 
Its ventral color is distinctly red, 
and the head and neck are marked 
by triangles of red or gold. 
The White-cheeked Mar¬ 
moset [Midas leucogenys) has 
white triangular cheek markings. 
The Yellow-headed Marmoset [Midas flavifrons ) has the top of its head 
a brownish-yellow. 
The Pinche [Hapale cedipus ) is white on the throat, chest, belly and arms ; 
brownish-gray on the body and has reddish markings on the shoulders. The 
long, thick, white hair which, starting from the centre of the head just above 
the eyes, widens out at the top of the head and falls upon the neck and cheeks, 
is a very striking peculiarity and looks as if it were some temporary and acci¬ 
dental ornament of the monkey. It carries a long, well-rounded tail, which 
beginning with a brown color soon deepens into deeper black. Its vocal achieve¬ 
ments resemble the squeaking of a mouse rather than the sounds usually made 
by the monkey tribe. 
The Lion Monkey, Marakina, or Silky Monkey, has its face so shrouded 
in hair, and the shape of its head so leonine, that its popular names are more 
than usually descriptive. Its hair is a golden-lustred chestnut, darkening on its 
feet and on its forehead. It is the most cleanly of animals, and any dirtying 
of its fur at once depresses its spirits. It is very active and very timid, and is 
domesticated mainly because of its gentleness and beauty. 
