. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE 2ri sweet fruits, such as tlie banana, but it is also fond of insects, especially soft-bodied Sjnders and Grasslioppers, which it will snap up with eagerness when within reach. The expression of countenance in tliese small Monkeys is intelligent and pleasing. This is partly owing to the open facial angle which is given as one of 60° ; but the quick movements of the head, and the way they have of iiielining it on one side when their curiosity is excited, contribute very much to give them a knowing expression. Anatomists who h
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE 2ri sweet fruits, such as tlie banana, but it is also fond of insects, especially soft-bodied Sjnders and Grasslioppers, which it will snap up with eagerness when within reach. The expression of countenance in tliese small Monkeys is intelligent and pleasing. This is partly owing to the open facial angle which is given as one of 60° ; but the quick movements of the head, and the way they have of iiielining it on one side when their curiosity is excited, contribute very much to give them a knowing expression. Anatomists who have dissected species of Midas tell;us that the brain is of a very low type, from tliere being few convolutions, the surface being as smooth as that of a Squirrel's. I should conclude, at once, that this character is an unsafe guide in judging on the mental qualities of these animals. In mobility of expression of countenance, intelligence, and general manners, these small Moniceys resemble. r>K\ ille'o mid is (From the Proceedmss 0/ (he Zoological Socii tte higher Apes for more than they do any rodent animal with which I am acquainted. On the Upper Amazon I once saw a tame indi^'idual of the Midas honhtns, a species described by Humboldt, which was still more phi^-ful and intelligent than tin- ..u.' just d.'sriibi-d. This rare and beautiful little Monkey is only seven inches in length, ex('lusi\r uC thr tuil. U is named leonhms on siccoiint of the long brown mane which depends from tlir mik. and which gives it very much the appearance of a diminutive Lion. In the house wIhtc it v,as kciit it was familiar with every one; its gi-eatest pleasure seemed to be to climb aljout the IjDilics of diircicnt persons who entered. The time I went in it ran across the room straightway to the chair on which I sat down, and climbed up to my shoulder. Amved there it tm'ned roimd and looked into my face, showing its little teeth, and chattering, as though it would say, ' Well, a
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