THE GUEREZAS. 



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Cliaracters. — Very s'milar to C gi/ereza, but "characterised 

 by having the white brush of the tail very much larger and 

 finer than is the case in the true Abyssinian C guereza. In 

 the latter animal the proximal 12-16 inches of the tail is short- 

 haired and quite black, only the terminal 8-12 inches being 

 white and tufted, so that the white mantle hangs down from 

 the body and hides only about one-third of the black part 

 of the tail." {^Oldfield Thomas.) In Colobiis cmidahts, Mr. 

 Thomas adds, only some three or four inches of the base of 

 the tail are black, and the remainder (with the hairs about 20 

 or 21 inches) is developed into a magnificent white brush, of 

 which individual hairs are from seven to nine inches in length. 

 The hairs of the white body-mantle — washed like the tail with 

 yellowish cream-colour — entirely cover the black at the base of 

 the tail, the white of the latter and of the mantle being quite 

 continuous. 



Distribution. — East Africa ; very common all round the bast 

 of Mount Kilimanjaro, as Mr. Johnston— who discovered the 

 species— reports. On Mount Kenia Dr. Gregory, of the British 

 Museum, during his adventurous and remarkable journey, 

 met with it at a great altitude. It has also been found at 

 Kisongo, south-east of Lake Victoria and in Uniamuezi, where 

 Sir Richard Burton obtained it. 



Habits. — The habits of the White-tailed Guereza are very 

 similar to those of the foregoing ; but it would appear to be 

 much more of a mountain-loving animal than the latter. A 

 creature so strikingly— even glaringly— ornamented might be 

 supposed to be a very conspicuous object among its native 

 forests. Dr. Gregory, however, has informed the present writer 

 that, notwithstandi^^g its distinctive coloration when examined in 



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