THE MANDRILL. 



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body is also radiant with chromatic effect, being plenteously charged 

 with a ruddy violet, that is permitted to give its full effect by the pert, 

 upright carriage of the tail. 



The general color of the fur is of an olive-brown tint, fading into 

 gray on the under side of the limbs, and the chin is decorated with a 

 small yellow pointed beard. The muzzle is remarkable for a kind of 

 rim or border, which is not unlike the corresponding part in a hog. 

 The ears are small, devoid of fur, and of a black color with a tinge 

 of blue. 



Only the male Mandrill possesses these strange adornments in their 



The Mandrill {Cynocephalus Mormon). 



full beauty of size and color, the females being gifted only with the 

 blue tint upon the muzzle, and even that is of a much less brilliant 

 hue than in the male. 



In this country the Mandrill is seldom seen to equal a tolerably 

 large terrier in size, but in its native land a full-grown male measures 



