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the reputation of being good-tempered when young, and of 
being, when old, ferocious, like the Mandrill. 
III. THE DOGUERA BABOON. PAPIO DOGUERA. 
Cynocephalus babouin, Rupp., Neue Wirb. Saugeth., i., p. 7 
(1835, in part). 
Cynocebhalus doguera, Pucher. et Schimp., Rev. et Mag. de 
Zool,, 2856; p..96,.1Ss7, pe 57. 
Cynocephalus porcarius, Fitz. et Heugl., Syst. Uebers., 1866, 
p. 6; var. Gray, Cat. Monkeys Brit. Mus., p. 64 (1870). 
Papio doguera, Schl., Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 126 (1876). 
Characters. 

Face naked ; tail moderately long, teminating in 
a tuft of hairs. General colour of fur olive-brown, or yellowish- 
olive, the hairs being ringed alternately with black and orange, 
or brownish-yellow, bars, for their outer third ; body and outer 
surface of hind-limbs and tail olive-brown, the brown predomi- 
nating ; sides of head, under surface of body, and inner surface 
of limbs pale yellow; hands and feet dark brown or black. 
Length of body, 38 inches ; of tail, 20 inches. 
The canine teeth are very large, and the lower jaw very heavy. 
Distinguished from C. porcarius by its much lighter colour. 
Distribution. The interior of Abyssinia. 
Habits——This very rare Baboon, of which only a very few 
specimens are known, was brought by Schimper from Central 
Abyssinia. He states, according to Dr. Slack, that these 
animals are gregarious, as he met with them in troops of from 
one to two thousand individuals. They hunt their prey, which 
consists mainly of small Ruminants, in a manner similar to 
that of a pack of Hounds, following the quarry till it is ex- 
hausted by fatigue, and then capturing and devouring it. It 
