. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 64 THE APES AND MONKEYS. When angered they utter a few whistling sounds. Everything unfamiliar excites them strongly. They are so timid that the sight of a flying Wasp throws them into great excitement When adult animals are. received. Pallas' Description of the Common Marmoset. COMMON MABMOSETS. These gentle little creatures belong to the same family shown in the preceding illustration, and are found in the tropical forests of Brazil. Their movements are so swift that it is diffi- cult for the human eye to follow them as they trav
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 64 THE APES AND MONKEYS. When angered they utter a few whistling sounds. Everything unfamiliar excites them strongly. They are so timid that the sight of a flying Wasp throws them into great excitement When adult animals are. received. Pallas' Description of the Common Marmoset. COMMON MABMOSETS. These gentle little creatures belong to the same family shown in the preceding illustration, and are found in the tropical forests of Brazil. Their movements are so swift that it is diffi- cult for the human eye to follow them as they travel through the branches of their native trees. Their size is about that of the common gray Squirrel. made captive, they scream at the approach of every one, and it is a long time before they allow any one to touch them. Having been once tamed they soon become good friends with people and with other domestic animals, especially Cats, with which they . like to play and to sleep, the lat- ter probably because of the warmth afforded. They are for- ever protecting themselves against the cold, carrying all the cotton and rags they can get hold of to a corner of their cage, and covering themselves with it. A pretty sight is afforded when the little animal, lying on its bed, is approached by the keeper, bearing some sweet morsel, for which it extends its dainty head forward. It has frequently happened that Ouistitis have been born in cap- tivity, in Europe [as well as in the United States ],and once, even in St. Petersburg though under very unfavorable conditions. The ani- mals were kept in unheated rooms, even on cool days in Spring and Autumn, and were given no liberty at all, still they gave birth to young ones three times in two years and succeeded in rear- ing them, notwithstanding the small amount of care they - - We are indebted for their history to the naturalist Pallas, who says: "The Ouistiti, like all the other little, long-tailed American Monkeys, is_ much less Monkey
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