THE DRILL. 



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ning, and ferocity, is not so often captured as might be expected. Even when a specimen is 

 made prisoner, it is generally a very young one, which soon loses in captivity the individu- 

 ality of its being, and learns to accommodate itself to the altered circumstances among which 

 it is placed. 



The name "Maimon," which is applied to the Mandrill, is most appropriate. It is a 

 Greek word, signifying a hobgoblin, and is therefore peculiarly applicable to so uncanny a 

 looking animal. 



The Drill, co-native with the Mandrill, of the coast of Guinea, somewhat resembles the 

 female or young male mandrill, and is not of quite so savage and grotesque an aspect as that 

 animal. 



Its cheek-bones are not nearly so protuberant as those of the mandrill's, nor is its skin so 

 brilliantly colored. The upper parts of the body are greener than those of the mandrill, the 



THE DRILL.— Papio kucophaem. 



yellow rings in the hair being more frequent. Its face and ears are of a light polished black, 

 and the palms of the hands and feet are devoid of hair, and of a coppery tinge. 



Formerly the Drill was thought to be only a young mandrill, and was so named. But the 

 fact that even after their second dentition, the male Drills do not put on the furrowed cheek- 

 bones, or the bright coloring that distinguishes the mandrill, is sufficient to prove that it is a 

 distinct species. 



Little is known of its habits when in a state of nature, as it has probably been confounded 

 with the mandrill, and its deeds narrated as if they belonged to the last-named animal. 



As far as is known, it is much like the mandrill and other baboons in temper, being quiet 

 and docile when young, but subsiding into morose apathy as it becomes older. 



The little stumpy tail is very like that of the mandrill, and is covered with short and stiff 

 hair. Its length is not more than two inches even in a full-grown male. The Drill is always 

 a smaller animal than the mandrill, and the female much smaller than the male, from whom 

 she differs also in the comparative shortness of her head, and the generally paler tint of 

 her fur. 



