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DOG-TAILED BABOOST. 



Simia Cynosuros. S. caudata imberbis, facie elongata,fronte fuli- 

 gitwsa, fascia superciliari albida, genitalibus masculis coloratis, uft- 

 guibus coni/exis. Scopoli delic. for. et faun, insubr. P. I. p. 44. 

 /. 19. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 30. 



Pale-brown beardless Baboon, with callosities behind, and with 

 longish flesh-coloured face, a whitish band across the forehead, 

 and a longish sharp-pointed tail. 



This animal is described by Scopoli, who in- 

 forms us that it was about the size of a middling 

 dog; being nearly two feet from nose to tail: it 

 had cheek-pouches, and bare spaces behind, 

 though in the figure accompanying his descrip- 

 tion this particular does not appear. The plate 

 in the coloured copy of the above work, in the 

 Banksian Library, is represented of a very pale 

 straw-coloured brown, nearly white beneath : the 

 face and ears very slightly dusky ; eyes and eye- 

 lids very pale brown; across the forehead, over 

 the eyes, a broad white band; tail long, thin, and 

 sharp-pointed. The face appears uncommonly 

 mild and placid. It was very fond of snuff, 

 which it would also occasionally rub over its body 

 in a ridiculous style. 



