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THE DRILL. 



The name " Maimon," which is applied to the Mandrill, is most appropriate. It is a 

 Greek word, signifying a hobgoblin, and is therefore peculiarly applicable to so uncanny 

 a looking animal. 



The DRILL, co-native with the Mandrill, of the coast of Guinea, somewhat resembles 

 the female or young male mandrill, and is not of quite so savage and grotesque an 

 aspect as that animal. 



Its cheek-bones are not nearly so protuberant as those of the mandrill's, nor is its 

 skin so brilliantly colored. The upper parts of the body are greener than those of 

 the mandrill, the yellow rings in the hair being more frequent. Its face and ears are 

 of a light polished black, and the palms of the hands and feet are devoid of hair, and 

 of a coppery tinge. 



Formerly the Drill was thought to be only a young mandrill, and was so named. 

 But the fact that even after their second dentition, the male Drills do not put on the 



THE DRILL. Papio Leucophasus. 



furrowed cheek-bones, or the bright coloring that distinguishes the mandrill, is suffi- 

 cient to prove that it is a distinct species. 



Little is known of its habits when in a state of nature, as it has probably been con- 

 founded with the mandrill, and its deeds narrated as if they belonged to the last-named 

 animal. 



It is a frequent visitor to England, and lives in tolerably good health. As far as is 

 known, it is much like the mandrill and other baboons in temper, being quiet and 

 docile when young, but subsiding into morose apathy as it becomes older. 



The little stumpy tail is very like that of the mandrill, and is covered with short and 

 stiff hair. Its length is not more than two inches even in a full-grown male. The 

 Drill is always a smaller animal than the mandrill, and the female much smaller than 

 the male, from whom she differs also in the comparative shortness of her head, and 

 the generally paler tint of her fur. 



