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ostrich eggs, and of late years they have taken to killing and disem- 

 bowelling lambs and kids for the sake of the curdled milk in their 

 stomachs. 



"The Chacma," contines Mr. Sclater, "is frequently seen in cap- 

 tivity, and examples of it are nearly always to be found in the 

 Zoological Gardens of London. When young it is a delightful pet, full 

 of intelligence and affection, especially towards its master, though 

 sometimes averse to strangers ; with increasing age it becomes morose 

 and dangerous. Baboons are frequently hunted by farmers with dogs 

 and guns, the most ordinary procedure being to surround the 'kopje,' 

 where they are known to be sleeping before daylight; they defend 

 themselves from the attacks of dogs with considerable vigor, often 

 inflicting very severe wounds with their long eye teeth, which, some- 

 times in the case of old males, reach a length of two inches." 



Subgenus Papio. 



Size large, colors pale, mane absent, tail not tufted. 



Papio cynocephai^us (Linneeus). 



Simia cynocephalus Linn., Syst. Nat., L 1766, p. 38; Gmel., Syst. 



Nat, I, 1788, p. 31. 

 Cercopithecus cynocephalus Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 30. 

 Papio cynocephalus E. Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, IX, 



1812, p. 102; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool., 1820, p. 18; Schleg., Mus. 



Hist. Nat. Pays-Bas, Simias, 1876, p. 127; Pocock, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. Lond., H, 1906, p. 560. 

 Cynocephalus babuin F. Cuv., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, IV, 



1818, p. 419, pi. XIX ; Id. Hist. Nat. Mamm.. Livr. IV, 1819; 



2nd ed., 1833, p. 122, pi. XIX; Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 68; 



Wagn., Schreb., Siiugth. Suppl., I, 1840, p. 156; V, 1855, p. 



63; I. Geoff., Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, II, 1843, p. 



579, pi. XXXIV; /rf. Cat. Primates, 1851, p. 34; Peters, Reis. 



Mossamb., 1852, p. 4; Dahlb., Stud. Zool. Fam. Reg. Anim. 



Nat., fasc. I, 1856, pp. 144, 149; Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 



1864, p. 649; Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 558; 



Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs and Fruit-eating Bats, Brit. 



Mus., 1870, p. 35. 

 Simia cynocephala Fisch., Syn. Mamm., 1829, p. 33. 

 Cynocephalus thoth Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.. 1843, p. 11; 



Fras., Zool. Typica, 1848, pi. V; Gray, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs 



