THE BABOONS. 279 
Characters.—Nearly allied to Z: ge/ada, but distinguished by its 
darker colour, the flesh-coloured ring round the eyes, and the 
two naked spots on the chest at the base of the neck, surrounded 
by white hairs, extending to the inner side of the arm. 
Face naked, the chin thinly haired, the nose-pad situated 
behind the blunt and broad end of the muzzle ; eyes small, set 
close together, deep sunk beneath the prominent overhanging 
frontal ridges ; ears small; sides of the head entirely covered 
with woolly hair ; mane long, soft, and thick. Length of body, 
53 inches ; tail, 26 inches. 
Face black, but with a broad flesh-coloured ring round each 
eye ; scanty hairs on the chin white; top of head and back 
dark brown; mane on fore-neck and shoulders, arms, and 
hind part of the hands pure black; sides of head and neck, 
rump, and tail dirty ochre ; naked spots on breast dark flesh- 
coloured, more vivid in passion; breast and inner side of 
forearm, and middle of chest white; rest of under surface 
pale brown. Callosities bluish-grey. 
Female and Young.—AImost uniform fulvous, but the mane less 
marked. 
Distribution—-North-east Africa ; on the eastern boundary of 
Abyssinia, near the sources of the Takazze river, on the con- 
fines of the Galla country. Dr. Blanford observed it also near 
Magdala. 
Habits—This large and “stately” Baboon, known to the 
natives as “Tokur-Sinjero” (or Black Baboon), lives in large 
troops in the high mountains of Abyssinia, at an altitude of 
from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. It is seldom seen among trees, but 
generally in open plains, or in inaccessible rocky cliffs, from 
which it hurls stones on anyone who dares to approach. 
