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Quadrupeds. LXVI. Vol. IV. No. 87., FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONKEYS, Fig. 1. The Ascagne. (Simia Ascanius.), J fae Ascagne is a very gentle, fîattering and lively monkey. It is an inhabilant. of Guinea and without its tail a]>out 13 inchés long. It is remarkable for the blue naked fpaces about thc eyes which giveit aparlicular countenance. Each ear is adorned with a tuft of white hair in the form of a Rose., out 13 inchés long. It is remarkable for the blue naked fpaces about thc eyes which giveit aparlicular countenance. Each ear is adorned with a tuft of white hair in the form of a Rose., Fig. 2. The Atys. (Simia Atys.), This little rnonkey lives in the Eaft Indies. It is about 18 inches long and of a whitish oolour. Its fingers and toes as vvell as its face and ears are deftitute of hair, which gives the animal a very tender and délicate appearance., Fig. 3. The Yarqué. (Simia leucocephala.), The Yarqué or white headed Sagouin is no more than 13 inches long. It is covered ail over vvith a coat of long blackhair, except the head which lias very fhort hair of a yellowish côtou'r. Iss tail is very long and furnished with bushy hair like that of a fox. The y «que lives folitary or ass'embling in little herds in the forefts of South America. It is of a very timid and lazy dispofition and hence continu ally*purfued by other monkeys which not feidom fnatch away its food. It generali) " lives upon fruit but is very fond of bées and destroys the beehives vvher ever it ïinàs any., Fig. 4. The brown Tamarin. (Simia Midas.), The brown Tamarin inhabits Guiana where affembling in large troops it fréquents only the lofty woods. This ncat little animal is about the size of our fquirrel and of a very fprightly dispofition. It is eafily brought to a great degree of familiarity but is of so délicate a nature that it feidom iupports the eliniate of Europe. There are many varie ties of this species, as for instance, Fig. 5-The black Tamarin, which differs from the above mentioned only in the uudulated, brown and black pencilled fpaces on the fidos of its body and the black colonr of its hair.
