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the nose. General colouf of fur on back, sides of body, and 
outer side of limbs olive-green ; on the under side of the body 
and inner side of the limbs light yellowish-green ; breast, throat, 
and under part of chin silvery-grey ; whiskers silvery-grey ; ears, 
palms of hands, and soles of feet dark brown; callosities flesh- 
coloured ; the surrounding naked parts purple-brown. 
Distribution — Abyssinia. 
Habits.—[ittle or nothing is known of this species. It was 
obtained in Abyssinia by Dr. Rippell. A specimen was ex- 
hibited alive, however, in the Zoological Gardens of Londen 
in 1843. 
VIII. THE EAST AFRICAN BABOON. PAPIO IBEANUS. 
Papio thoth tbeanus, Oldfield Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 
Mist., X.,"p. 46 (1893). 
Distribution.— Lamu, East Africa. 
Mr. Oldfield Thomas has described this sub-species, which 
has remarkably coarse and shaggy fur all over the body, longer 
than in the typical form, and of a blackish and dull tawny 
white, without any of its brighter yellow; the hairs on the 
crown of the head broadly ringed with black; the chin and 
throat whitish ; hairs of the chest ringed with black and white ; 
the belly black and dull fawn; the inner side of the fore- 
limbs like the chest, and of the hind-limbs clearer and less 
ringed fawn-colour. Length of the body, 33%4.inches ; of the 
tail 24 inches. 
IX. THE GUINEA BABOON. PAPIO SPHINX. 
Le papion, F, Cuvier, Mamm., vol. i., livr. 6 (¢); livr. 7 (9), 
Hist. Nat. (1819). 
LPapio sphinx, Geoffr.. Ann. Mus., xix., p. 103 (1812); Schl., 
Mus. Pays Bas, vii., p. 127 (1876). 
