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the arm. The black, naked face; small, deep-set eyes; small ears; 

 long mane, and bluish-grey callosities are also worthy of note. The 

 beast measures over four and a half feet in length, excluding the 

 tail, which extends to about twenty-six inches. 



It is in the high Abyssinian mountain ranges that the Dusky 

 Gelada makes its home. Here, among rocky fortresses, it is mostly 

 secure from enemies, the large Vulture known as the Lammergeir 

 being one of its chief aggressors. If Man stalks it within striking 

 distance, it is a dangerous animal to encounter, and the beast will 

 resort to hurling stones at any one who dares to attack it. At night- 

 time it hides amid the shelter of the rocks, and before proceeding 

 to take part in marauding expeditions in the fields, it comes forth 

 from its hiding-place and suns its body after the night's repose. 



GUINEA BABOON. — The Guinea Baboon (a small family party of 

 which are shown in Fig. 134) is an inhabitant of West and East 

 Africa. It has a tapering snout; naked black face, ears, palms, and 

 soles of the feet; bushy whiskers; brownish-yellow head, back and 

 limbs; fawn-coloured cheeks and whiskers; and is paler on the throat 

 and under-side of body. 



IBEAN BABOON. — This Baboon (Fig. 135) is a variety of the 

 Chacma Baboon of South Africa, where it is found in large troops, 

 and I do not think I am giving away a secret in stating that the 

 beast has been accorded its name of IBEAN because the initial 

 letters stand for Imperial British East Africa. 



It resembles the Chacma in its general appearance and habits, 

 this being the largest of all the Baboons. It resorts to rocky 

 environments, often in the vicinity of the sea, and although both 

 ferocious and dangerous, is stated to be very intelligent. It exhibits 

 a remarkable sense of smell, "especially for hidden water-springs in 

 dry and arid districts," and lives, like its relatives, in companies, 

 which are often made up of a hundred animals. The Chacma is 

 dark-brown or almost black in colour, with a green wash ; the hairs 

 are grey at the base, ringed alternately with green and black; the 

 head, arms and legs are black, whilst the face, hands, feet and ears 

 are dark-blue. The eye is surrounded with a ring of white; the 

 upper eyelids are white, and the whiskers grey. 



VARiEGATED SPIDER MONKEY.— This Monkey (Fig. 136) is very 

 brilliantly coloured, and has a very wide distribution, "which extends 

 from the upper reaches of the Amazon in Peru to the banks of the 

 Rio Negro, flowing from Venezuela into the lower portion of the 

 Amazon, and northwards into the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia." 



