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tint, and by the upper eyelids, which are nearly 

 white, as in the mangabey or white eyelid monkey. 

 It is also remarkable in having the naked callosities 

 very Email. 



Another animal allied in colour is the dog-faced 

 baboon of Pennant, the Tartarin of F. Cuvier, thought 

 originally to be a native of Arabia, but at present 

 rare in the European collections. It is equally fierce 

 and dangerous with the preceding ; of a greenish-gray 

 colour; the anterior part of the body clothed with 

 very long and shaggy hair. 



The next animals we shall mention are Le Babouin 

 and Le Papion of Frederic Cuvier. The first, appa- 

 rently, is the Simla cynocephalus of Linnaeus, and is 

 thought by the above-mentioned author to be one of 

 those adored in the temple of Hermopolis, and so fre 

 quently seen among the Egyptian hieroglyphics. 



The colour is of a uniform yellowish-green, paler on 

 the under parts ; and the more remarkable deviations 

 of form, are in the nostrils being prolonged to the 

 length of the jaws, separated above by a very marked 

 hollow, and by the lateral cartilages advancing as far 

 forward as that in the centre. The tail is raised at 

 its origin, and appears as if placed in the same posi- 

 tion with that of the Mandril, but is of considerable 

 length, reaching below the hams. It may be re- 

 marked, that this baboon has been confounded with 

 the next, which Frederic Cuvier considers perfectly 

 distinct and has named Le Papion. This animal is 



