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the nose. General colour of fur on back, sides of body, and 

 outer side of hmbs olive-green ; on the under side cf the body 

 and inner side of the limbs light yellowish-green; breast, throat, 

 and under part of chin silvery-grey ; whiskers silvery-grey ; ears, 

 palms of hands, and soles of feet dark brown ; callosities flesh- 

 coloured ; the surrounding naked parts purple-brown. 



Distribution. — Abyssinia. 



Habits — Little or nothing is known of this species. It was 

 obtained in Abyssinia by Dr. Ruppell. A specimen was ex- 

 hibited alive, however, in the Zoological Gardens of London 

 m 1843. 



VIII. THE EAST AFRICAN BABOON. PAPIO IBEANUS. 



Papio thoth ibea7tus^ Old field Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist, xi., p. 46 (1893). 



Distribution. — Lamu, East Africa. 



Mr. Oldfield Thomas has described this sub-species, which 

 has remarkably coarse and shaggy fur all over the body, longer 

 than in the typical form, and of a blackish and dull tawny 

 white, without any of its brighter yellow ; the hairs on the 

 crown of the head broadly ringed with black ; the chin and 

 throat whitish ; hairs of the chest ringed with black and white ; 

 the belly black and dull fawn ; the inner side of the fore- 

 limbs like the chest, and of the hind-limbs clearer and less 

 ringed fawn-colour. Length of the body, TtZY^ inches ; of the 

 tail 24 inches. 



IX. THE GUINEA BABOON. PAPIO SPHINX. 



Le papion^ F. Cuvier, Mamm., vol. i., livr. 6 (J); livr. 7 ( ? ), 



Hist. Nat. (18 1 9). 

 Fapio sphinx^ Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 103 (1812); Schl., 



Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 127 (1876). 



