16 THE MANDRILL. 
The general colour of the fur is of an olive brown tint, fading into grey on 
the under side of the limbs, and the chin is decorated with a small yellow 
pointed beard. The muzzle is remarkable for a kind of rim or border, which 
is not unlike the corresponding part in a hog, and is well shown in the 
engraving. The ears are small, devoid of fur, and of a black colour with a 
tinge of blue. 
Only the male Mandrill possesses these strange adornments in their full 
beauty of size and colour, the females being only gifted with “he blue tint 
upon the muzzle, and even that is of a much less brilliant hue than in the 
male. 
THE MANDRILL.—(C,zocephalus Mormon.) . 
In this country the Mandrill is seldom seen to equal a tolerably large 
terrier in size, but in its native land a full-grown male measures more than 
five feet when standing upright, a stature which equals, if not exceeds, that 
of the Chacma. 
In its native land the usual food of the Mandrill is of a vegetable nature, 
although, in common with the rest of the Baboons, it displays a great liking 
for ants, centipedes, and similar creatures. 
The tail of this animal is a remarkable feature, if it may be so termed, in 
