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upper, more yellow showing, and over all the upper parts are 

 numerous long hairs with whitish tips ; flanks, ochraceous buff ; upper 

 part of arms, thighs, legs and feet ochraceous buff; forearms and 

 hands ochraceous buff and black, the latter having the base of hairs 

 showing ; under parts yellowish gray, tail at base like back mixed black 

 and ochraceous, tip ochraceous buff ; cheeks and sides of nose and lips 

 covered with yellowish hairs ; upper eyelids flesh color ; space beneath 

 eyes and nose black. Ex type British Museum. 



Measurements. Head and body, 915; tail, 609. Skull: total 

 length, 195; occipito-nasal length, 160; Hensel, 139; intertemporal 

 width, 58; zygomatic width, 115; palatal length, 86; breadth of brain- 

 case, 79; median length of nasals, 72; anterior width of nasals, 14; 

 length of upper molar series, 45; length of mandible, 115; length of 

 lower molar series, 60. Ex type British Museum. 



The general appearance of this species is that of a yellowish 

 animal with a brownish back and a reddish head and limbs, and under 

 parts whitish gray. This is the effect the various colors of the hairs 

 produce when glanced at. In coloration it belongs to the light yellow- 

 hued baboons. Looked at in some lights the hairs have a greenish 

 yellow tint, but when carefully examined the colors are as in the 

 description and unlike any of the other species. Two specimens were 

 obtained by Sir Harry Johnston in Nyassaland, the type at Fort 

 Johnston, and the other at Zomba, on Lake Nyassa. The species bears 

 no resemblance whatever to P. pruinosus procured at Lesumbwe, 

 Nyassaland, either in color or in characters of the skull. The two 

 examples are in the Collection of the British Museum. 



Sir Harry Johnston, referring probably to this species, states that 

 it is very common everywhere in Nyassaland, and very bold and 

 cunning. It is constantly robbing the plantations of the natives, and 

 the women profess to go in terror of the large males, as they say the 

 latter would attempt to outrage them if they see no man accompanying 

 the party. When the baboons descend to raid the plantations, one or 

 more of their number invariably stand sentry to warn the rest of the 

 troop of approaching danger. 



Papio pruinosus Thomas. 



Papio pruinosus Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 789, pi. 



XXXVIII; 1897, p. 927; Anders., Zool. Egypt., Mamm., 



1902, p. 79, pi. XIV. 

 Type locality. Lesumbwe, Monkey Bay, Livingstone Peninsula, 

 Lake Nyassa. Type in British Museum. 



