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nose ; the chin black, hut the edge of the lower jaws 

 white ; ears black, with grey edges ; the hair of the 

 head, neck, and back, flanks and extremities, to near 

 the feet, grey at the root, is brown, with a citron 

 yellow tip ; and hence, in different lights, the colour 

 is yellowish-brown, or brownish-yellow ; on the un- 

 der parts the colour is more reddish; the tail is 

 marked with seven alternate rings of yellow-brown 

 and brown-black ; no great variation of these colours 

 is recorded. 



