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judged them to be either*disagreeable or dangerous, and threw 
them away.” The food of the ‘‘Chacma,” an Anglicised form 
of the Hottentot name for this Baboon, consists of Lizards, 
Scorpions, Centipedes, and all manner of insects ; birds’ eggs, 
gum, and honey are particularly relished by it. When these 
are difficult to find, it searches for the bulbous roots of certain 
lilaceous plants, of which it is very fond, and which it very in- 
geniously disinters. As Le Vaillant has recorded of the same 
individual to which we have just referred: ‘‘ He laid hold of 
the tuft of leaves with his teeth, and pressing his four paws 
firmly against the earth, and drawing his head backwards, the 
root generally followed; when this method did not succeed, he 
seized the tuft as before, as close to the earth as he could, then 
throwing his heels over his head, the root always yielded to 
the jerk he gave it.” 
V. THE YELLOW BABOON. PAPIO BABUIN. 
Le petit papion, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Mamm., xiv., pl. 14 (1766). 
Papto cynocephalus, Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 102 (1812) ; 
seh, .Mus.Pays: Bas, vil., p..127 (1876). 
Cynocephalus babouin, Desm., Mamm., p. 68 (1820); (Le 
babouin), F. Cuvier, Mem. du Mus., iv., p. 419, pl. 19 
(1818); id. Hist. Nat. Mamm., livr. iv. (1819); Is. Geoffr., 
Arch. Mus., i1., p. 579, pl. 34 (1841) ; Gray, Cat. Monkeys 
Brit. Mus., p. 35: (1870). 
Simta cynocephala, Fischer, Synop. Mamm., p. 33 (1829). 
Cynocephalus anubis, var. Wagner in Schreb., Saugeth., Suppl., 
Vv. p. 63 (1855). 
Characters.—Adult Male-—Snout elongate, not surpassing the 
upper lip ; nostrils large, round, separated by a longitudinal 
furrow above ; tail shorter than the body, haired throughout its 
