. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. MONKEYS 29 an excellent " dress improver," were there only a dress to improve. It inhabits the upper part of the enormous valley of the Amazon. The young traveller, Delville, whose premature death was a sad loss to science, tells us Fig. THE BALD-HEADED SAKI. that a specimen of this species which he captured had the frequent habit of rising spontaneously and walking erect, and that it soon learnt to drink from a glass held in its hand, drinking regularly twice a day. It was very fond of milk, bananas, and sweetmeats, but
. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. MONKEYS 29 an excellent " dress improver," were there only a dress to improve. It inhabits the upper part of the enormous valley of the Amazon. The young traveller, Delville, whose premature death was a sad loss to science, tells us Fig. THE BALD-HEADED SAKI. that a specimen of this species which he captured had the frequent habit of rising spontaneously and walking erect, and that it soon learnt to drink from a glass held in its hand, drinking regularly twice a day. It was very fond of milk, bananas, and sweetmeats, but had, unlike " Happy Jerry," a horror of tobacco, snatching a cigar. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. Boston, Little, Brown and Company
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