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at a captive Pygmy which is supposed to be one of the "large type. To the place where I looked for Pygmies last year, without success. (There also were supposed to be "large".) This area seems to be abandoned now. (Antuco thinks that all the animals were caught.) And to a third place, about 1/4 mile away, where Antuco saw a single Pygmy (presumably "large") some days ago.
This third place is worth describing. It is a moderately hedge-like strip of second growth woods, on both sides of a small torrent rushing down a steep slope. Pasture on both long sides. But connected with larger forest uphill. 
In this "hedge" was a large tree, with 4 main trunks, separating from one another approximately 2 ft above ground. A small squirrel (Microscuirus presumably) was feeding on one of these trunks. It was just about the same size and shape as a Pygmy Marmoset, and equally cryptic, but it was darker (gray brown) all over. Silent. It was feeding on the trunk by nibbling and eating (definite) bark. Moving slowly from top to bottom, stopping to nibble every few inches or so. These nibbles left very characteristic marks. Some large, some small, almost always very irregular in shape, and shallower than Marmoset holes. (The squirrel may have been taking only the superficial layer of bark. In any case, it certainly was not going through the cambium.) Thus, there is no difficulty at all in distinguishing between the holes gnawed by a Marmoset and the wounds inflicted by a squirrel.