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lip broad ; callosities less extensive than in the Baboons ; tail 

 invisible externally; toes longer than the fingers, and both 

 much haired. Hair on the crown short and reflexed ; hairs on 

 the cheeks forming a whisker, directed backward; hair of the 

 fore-arms directed towards the elbow. 



Crown, and sides of head, cheeks, neck, shoulders, upper 

 back, and front of fore-limbs golden-yellow, mixed with a few 

 black hairs, the individual hairs being dark grey at the base, 

 ringed for the rest of their length with yellow and grey ; the 

 rest of the upper part of the body greyish-yellow or yellowish- 

 brown ; under side of lower jaw, lower side of body, and inner 

 face of limbs greyish-yellow, or yellowish-white ; a dark spot of 

 black hairs tipped with yellow at the inner angle of each eye, 

 and stretching down on the cheeks ; naked parts of face, ears, 

 and callosities pale flesh-colour, as also is the thinly-haired 

 skin of the inner sides of the limbs ; tail represented by a 

 small tubercle of naked skin. Length of the body, 2 J feet. 



Female. — Exactly resembles the male in coloration, but is 

 slightly smaller in size, and more amiable in disposition ; the 

 canines scarcely larger than the incisors. 



Distribution. — This species, named by the French " Magot," 

 inhabits Morocco, and Algeria in Northern Africa. It is found 

 also on the Rock of Gibraltar, and some distance inland 

 in Spain ; but whether it has been transported from Africa, 

 or has lived there since its ancestors were left isolated 

 when the Straits of Gibraltar subsided and separated Europe 

 from Africa, is a question impossible to decide now. It is 

 certain that the Moors bring now, and probably for ages 

 have been in the habit of bringing, captive specimens of this 

 Monkey, to trade away on the European side ; it is, therefore, 



