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mane, but slightly in the colour of the hair and of the naked 

 callosities. In "the drill (C leucophcuus) the females and young 

 are much paler-coloured, with less green, than the adult males. 

 No other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in 

 so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill (C. 

 mormon). The face at this age becomes of a fine blue, with the 

 ridge and tip of the nose of the most brilliant red. According to 

 some authors, the face is also marked with whitish stripes, and 





It 



Fig. 69. Head of male Mandrill (from Gerv.iis, ' Hist. Sat. des Mammiferes'). 



is shaded in parls with black, but the colmirs appear to be 

 variable. On the forehead there is a crest of hair, and on the 

 chin a yellow beard. " Toutes les parties superieures de leiirs 

 " cuisses et Ic granil e.'^pace nu de leurs fesses sont egalement 

 " colore"? du rouge, le plus vif, nvec un melange de bleu qui ne 



