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  THEROPITHECUS 
  

  

  and 
  feet, 
  black 
  or 
  brownish 
  black; 
  legs 
  to 
  ankles 
  from 
  knees, 
  inner 
  

   and 
  outer 
  sides 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  ; 
  front 
  edge 
  of 
  thighs 
  dark 
  reddish 
  

   brown 
  grading 
  into 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  on 
  hinder 
  parts; 
  tail 
  pale 
  brown; 
  

   throat 
  black 
  ; 
  chest 
  and 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  arms 
  above 
  elbows 
  grayish 
  white 
  ; 
  

   bare 
  spot 
  on 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  throat, 
  and 
  on 
  chest 
  as 
  in 
  T. 
  gelada 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  

   under 
  parts 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Generally 
  reddish 
  brown 
  without 
  any 
  mane. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Total 
  length, 
  825 
  ; 
  tail, 
  325. 
  Skull 
  : 
  total 
  length, 
  

   168; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  123; 
  Hensel, 
  126; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  118; 
  

   intertemporal 
  width, 
  44 
  ; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  33 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  

   molar 
  series, 
  49 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  132 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  

   64. 
  

  

  Von 
  Heuglin 
  was 
  the 
  discoverer 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  species, 
  and 
  gives, 
  

   (1. 
  c.) 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  of 
  it: 
  

  

  "This 
  magnificent 
  Ape 
  lives 
  in 
  large 
  troops 
  in 
  southern 
  Abyssinia 
  

   in 
  the 
  Takessah-Suringland 
  in 
  the 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Lasta, 
  Wadla, 
  Talanta, 
  

   Daund, 
  Seint-Amara 
  and 
  Woro-Heimann, 
  in 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  Jedju 
  and 
  

   Wollo-Galla 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  from 
  6,000 
  to 
  10,000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  mostly 
  in 
  rocky 
  ravines. 
  They 
  are 
  seldom 
  seen 
  in 
  trees, 
  

   but 
  usually 
  on 
  open 
  places, 
  or 
  on 
  steep 
  inaccessible 
  rocks, 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  try 
  to 
  throw 
  stones 
  at 
  their 
  pursuers. 
  

  

  "They 
  pass 
  the 
  night 
  together 
  in 
  caves, 
  and 
  come 
  forth 
  at 
  break 
  of 
  

   day, 
  and 
  sit 
  for 
  hours 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  sun 
  for 
  warmth, 
  and 
  then 
  seek 
  in 
  

   the 
  low 
  valleys, 
  their 
  food, 
  which 
  consists, 
  apparently, 
  almost 
  

   exclusively 
  of 
  leaves, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  they 
  may 
  visit 
  fields 
  where 
  fruits 
  

   grow. 
  Their 
  dispositions 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  harmless. 
  The 
  herd 
  con- 
  

   sists 
  of 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  families 
  and 
  young, 
  and 
  is 
  led 
  usually 
  by 
  four 
  or 
  six 
  old 
  

   males 
  who 
  march 
  with 
  solemn 
  step 
  while 
  the 
  young 
  play 
  about, 
  or 
  are 
  

   carried 
  by 
  the 
  mothers, 
  and 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  order 
  by 
  pinching 
  or 
  boxing 
  the 
  

   ear. 
  If 
  danger 
  approaches, 
  the 
  discoverer 
  utters 
  a 
  loud 
  cry, 
  and 
  the 
  

   troop 
  unites, 
  and 
  if 
  necessary 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  rocks. 
  The 
  old 
  males 
  

   that 
  go 
  by 
  themselves, 
  are 
  more 
  afraid 
  than 
  the 
  females, 
  who 
  standing 
  

   erect 
  often 
  yell 
  at 
  the 
  pursuer, 
  and 
  show 
  their 
  white 
  teeth. 
  When 
  

   on 
  a 
  predatory 
  excursion, 
  or 
  in 
  flight, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  usually 
  very 
  rapid, 
  

   they 
  go 
  mostly 
  in 
  a 
  line, 
  with 
  an 
  old 
  individual 
  in 
  the 
  rear. 
  Rarely 
  

   do 
  different 
  herds 
  unite, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  evening, 
  each 
  returns 
  

   to 
  its 
  regular 
  quarters. 
  The 
  voice 
  is 
  shrill, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  males 
  hoarse. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  enemies 
  of 
  the 
  'Tekur-Sindiere' 
  is 
  the 
  Kaffir-eagle, 
  also 
  

   the 
  Lamb 
  Vulture 
  (Golden 
  Vulture) 
  . 
  In 
  their 
  viscera, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   caecum, 
  is 
  found 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  Echinorrhynchus 
  in 
  great 
  numbers." 
  

  

  