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which they quickly flee on the slightest appearance of danger. They 

 run on all-fours with considerable speed and get over the roughest 

 places and overcome intervening obstacles with wonderful dexterity. 



When a troop is discovered the members salute the intruder with 

 loud, hoarse barks, and the entire party are apparently thrown into a 

 state of great excitement. Some old male will seat himself upon a high 

 vantage point so as to overlook all below him, while expressing his 

 disapproval of the presence in his dominions of the foreigner, not of his 

 class, by angry barks and grunts. At the same time he keeps a sharp 

 eye upon the intruder's movements and issues his orders to the rest 

 of the band, as to the imminence of danger, and the proper methods for 

 them to adopt in order to escape it. When it is evident that it is the 

 stranger's intention to cultivate a close acquaintance with the rock- 

 dwellers, the order for flight is given, and the band cease their 

 offensive remarks and scamper away over the rocky heights, those of 

 them too young to keep up with the rest, clinging to the mother's body 

 with arms and legs. The sentinel delays a moment after the rest have 

 started, and then, ejaculating one more swear- word, takes up the line 

 of flight making the best time he can, but stopping occasionally to 

 anathematize his pursuers. When one has made a slight mistake in his 

 calculations as to the distance a rifle bullet might be disagreeable and 

 gets hit, although his interest in all subsequent proceedings may have 

 vanished, the excitement of the rest is greatly increased, and, with 

 much threatening by voice and action, they advance towards the body 

 of their fallen companion, as if to dispute possession with the 

 slayer. No doubt these powerful animals with their great teeth and 

 body strength would be very formidable antagonists even to an armed 

 man if they attacked him in any numbers, but generally I believe their 

 actions do not pass beyond the threatening stage, their natural solicitude 

 for their own safety and that of their families, inducing them to think 

 better of aggressive warfare, and to attend strictly to the preservation 

 of their own skins. It is a fine large species, and the long manes that 

 cover their shoulders and backs, especially of the old males which are 

 very thick and heavy, give them rather a majestic appearance. 



Subgenus Mormon. 



Bony ridges on rostrum ; face highly colored. 



Papio sphinx (Linnaeus). 



Simla sphinx Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1758, p. 25 ; I, 1766, p. 35, (nee 

 Auct.) ; Thos., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911, p. 126. 



