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THE RIBBED-NOSE BABOON. 



(Simia J\fannon y Linn. Le Mandrill, Buff.) 



THIS singular creature is no less remarkable for 

 its great size and strength, than for the variety of 

 beautiful colours on different parts of its body. Its 

 nose is marked with broad ribs on each side, of a 

 fine violet-blue colour: a vermilion line begins a 

 little above the eyes; and running down on each 

 side of the nose, which is somewhat similar to that 

 of a Hog, spreads over the tip of it : the insides of 

 the ears are blue, which gradually softens to a 

 purple, and terminates in vermilion; the rump is 

 also of a vermilion colour; and the beautiful colours 

 on the hips are gradations from red to blue; the 



