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near the head waters of Ovenga River, known by the natives 

 under the name of Ashankolo; these mountains are hardly at 

 all inhabited. 



Immediately after killing the animal I was struck by the fol- 

 lowing outward characters, which led me to^ believe that it was a 

 new species. 



The general color of the hair black. The head rounded, 

 the frontal ridge prominent, but less so than in the gorilla ; the 

 eyes wide apart ; cheek-bones very prominent, and the cheeks 

 hollow; nose very flat; mouth wide, the lips black, of uniform 

 thickness, when shut not showing the mucous membrane ; the 

 muzzle not very prominent, and the chin rounded ; the ears very 

 large, in their form resembling much those of man, but larger ; 

 the round, black face surrounded by whiskers, commencing from 

 the hair of the head and uniting under the chin, this appendage 

 giving a very human look to the animal ; the chest broad ; the 

 arms long, reaching below the knee, and indicating great mus- 

 cular strength ; the hand long and narrow, black and callous ; 

 the thumb very short, the back of the middle phalanx of the fin- 

 gers callous, showing that the mode of progression is on all-fours, 

 resting anteriorly on the knuckles ; abdomen large, and rounded 

 on the sides ; the legs short, destitute of a calf ; feet black, shorter 

 than the hand ; toes free like the fingers, showing the arboreal 

 habits of the animal. 



Length of the animal, measured from the dry skin, 4 feet 2 

 inches, but this may not be the exact length. Length of the hand, 

 ll-l in.; length of the foot from the hairy part of the heel, lOf ; 

 length of the thumb, 2 in. ; of the second finger, 2f ; of the 

 middle finger, 4|- ; of the fourth finger, 4^ ; of the little finger, 3f ; 

 circumference of thumb, 2^ ; of second finger, 3f ; of middle, 4 ; 

 of fourth, 3^ ; of little finger, S^ ; length of great toe, 2f ; of sec- 

 ond toe, 3^; of middle toe, 3| ; of fourth toe, 3|; of little toe, 

 2|- ; circumference of great toe, 3| ; of second toe, 2^ ; of middle 

 toe, 2|- ; of fourth toe, 2^ ; of little toe, 2^. 



The chief external characteristic differences between this species 

 and the Troglodytes calvus are the want of baldness, the more 

 rounded face, the whiskers round the face, the less prominent 

 muzzle, the higher cheek-bones, and the more hollow cheeks. 



