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  COMMENTS:  Sakis do seem to be both rare and local here (viz the situation in Rumiyaco). This must, I think, mean that Callicebus torquatus is filling part of the usual Saki niche here.

  One of the reasons that the local tamarins are so hard to see may be that they tend to stick further inside edges than the geoffrogi (and even fuscicollis?).

  Go to look at (first group of) Pygmy Marmosets this afternoon. Arrive 3:50 pm. To find road crew working right near by!

  But first Pygmy shows up 3:55 pm. Not shy. Apparently without flank  stripes. Visits hole after hole. Beginning by moving upward:

  This tree also has clusters of holes near bumps. But clusters less well marked than on Zapote of other group.

  The first Pygmy disappears from view after a few minutes.  So I go for a little walk.

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Tail only slightly longer than head and body together