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  these 
  last 
  they 
  are 
  continually 
  searching, 
  and 
  turning 
  over 
  stones 
  

   beneath 
  which 
  the 
  desired 
  object 
  may 
  lie 
  concealed. 
  

  

  The 
  Baboons 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  groups, 
  the 
  dark 
  and 
  light 
  

   colored 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  containing 
  P. 
  porcarius, 
  P. 
  doguera, 
  P. 
  sphinx, 
  

   and 
  their 
  allies, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  light 
  hued 
  group, 
  P. 
  cynocephalus, 
  P. 
  

   strepitus, 
  etc. 
  Besides 
  the 
  brownish 
  black 
  and 
  yellow 
  species 
  above 
  

   mentioned, 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  gray 
  style 
  represented 
  by 
  P. 
  pruinosus, 
  and 
  

   the 
  maned 
  baboons 
  such 
  as 
  P. 
  hamadryas 
  ; 
  for 
  while 
  other 
  species 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  different 
  groups 
  have 
  long 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  yet 
  in 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  with 
  the 
  hamadryas 
  group 
  this 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  correctly 
  styled 
  a 
  

   mane. 
  In 
  general 
  the 
  recognized 
  species 
  have 
  an 
  ascertained 
  and 
  

   authentic 
  locality 
  accompanying 
  the 
  original 
  descriptions, 
  but 
  some 
  

   have 
  been 
  menagerie 
  specimens, 
  or 
  dwellers 
  in 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  and 
  

   their 
  original 
  habitat 
  is 
  unknown. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  these 
  examples 
  have 
  

   given 
  rise 
  to 
  much 
  confusion 
  and 
  doubt 
  among 
  Mammalogists, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   not 
  easy 
  to 
  determine 
  them 
  from 
  descriptions, 
  the 
  coloring 
  being 
  so 
  

   confused 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  indicate 
  clearly 
  ; 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  geographical 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  or 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  being 
  known 
  to 
  guide 
  

   one 
  correctly, 
  many 
  mistakes 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  In 
  this 
  genus 
  a 
  

   prominent 
  instance 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  P. 
  anubis 
  F. 
  Cuvier. 
  This 
  

   Author 
  states 
  he 
  saw 
  two 
  specimens, 
  but 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  say 
  where, 
  nor 
  if 
  

   they 
  were 
  living 
  or 
  dead. 
  His 
  description 
  is 
  only 
  partial, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   important 
  statement 
  being 
  that 
  the 
  general 
  pelage 
  is 
  "verdatre 
  fonce," 
  

   and 
  he 
  gives 
  an 
  excellent 
  plate 
  of 
  a 
  green 
  baboon, 
  the 
  like 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  collection 
  to-day. 
  On 
  my 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum, 
  

   diligent 
  search 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  this 
  type 
  specimen, 
  but 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   found, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  proof 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  ever 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Here 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  baboon 
  unlike 
  any 
  

   known 
  to 
  exist, 
  without 
  locality, 
  and 
  the 
  type 
  lost. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  possible 
  

   way 
  conceivable 
  by 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  can 
  be 
  identified, 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   further 
  confusion 
  and 
  useless 
  discussion 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  drop 
  the 
  name 
  

   anubis 
  from 
  the 
  genus 
  Papio, 
  and 
  ignore 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  As 
  a 
  general 
  

   thing, 
  those 
  examples 
  which 
  are 
  received 
  without 
  authentic 
  habitats, 
  

   being 
  chiefly 
  individuals 
  from 
  Zoological 
  Gardens, 
  constitute 
  the 
  most 
  

   unsatisfactory 
  types 
  for 
  new 
  species, 
  and 
  such 
  a 
  type 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  is 
  

   worse 
  than 
  none 
  at 
  all. 
  Anubis 
  is 
  a 
  case 
  in 
  point, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  

   much 
  better 
  if 
  Cuvier 
  had 
  never 
  described 
  nor 
  figured 
  it. 
  Anderson 
  in 
  

   his 
  Zoology 
  of 
  Egypt 
  describes 
  a 
  baboon 
  from 
  the 
  Nile 
  valley 
  which 
  he 
  

   calls 
  P. 
  anubis, 
  but 
  it 
  answers 
  neither 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  nor 
  plate 
  of 
  

   Cuvier. 
  Anderson's 
  P. 
  anubis 
  is 
  probably 
  P. 
  cynocephalus, 
  but 
  as 
  he 
  

  

  