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The Short-tailed Papion. (Simia Syvlestris Schreb. Ba- 

 boon of the Woods. Penn. Simia Leucophcea. Fred. Cu- 

 vfer. Ann. du Mus. d'hist. natur.) 



Clear yellowish gray : black face. Tail very 

 short and slender. 



The Mandrills, 



Of all the monkeys are those which have the longest 

 muzzle. The tail is very short. They are also 

 extremely brutal and ferocious. Only one species 

 is known. 



The Mandrill. Boggo. Choras. Buff. XIV., xvi., xvn., 

 andSuppl. VII. ix. (Simia Maimon et Mormon, Linn.) 



Grayish brown, inclining to olive above. Small 

 beard of a citron yellow on the chin. Cheeks 

 blue and furrowed. In the adult males the 

 nose grows red, especially towards the end, 

 where it becomes a bright scarlet. Those have 

 been wrongly supposed a distinct species *. 

 The genital parts and round of the arms have 

 the same colour. The buttocks are of a beau- 

 tiful violet. It is not possible to conceive an 

 animal more extraordinary and more hideous. 



* I have myself seen, as well as M. Geoffroy, two or three 

 Mandrills or Sim. Maimon, change into the Choras or S. Mormon, 

 in the menagerie of the Museum. The bunch of hair which is added 

 as a character of the Mormon, is also frequently found in the 

 Maimon. 



