26 CRESTED BABOON. 



but smaller in proportion. This species is figured 

 by Edwards, at plate 214 of his work on Natural 

 History. Mr. Edwards informs us, that he car- 

 ried his in order to compare it with a much larger 

 one of the same species, to Bartholomew fair, and 

 that " they seemed to be highly pleased with each 

 others company, though it was the first time of 

 their meeting # ." 



CRESTED BABOON, 



S» semicaudata nigra, capillitio diffusa, pectore alhido, facie tnanibusque 



nudis. 

 Short-tailed black Baboon, with very long hair on the crown 



and cheeks, the breast whitish, the face and hands bare. 

 Crested Baboon. Pennant Quadr. p. 193. 



With the hairs on the crown very long and 

 dishevelled : those on the cheeks of the same form 

 and of a dusky colour . breast whitish : rest of 

 the body covered with long black hair ; that on 

 the limbs the same : face and feet black and bare : 

 tail slender, taper, about seven inches long : whole 

 length of the animal two feet. Inhabits India. 



* Edwards's figure, though, doubtless, a faithful representation 

 of the individual specimen from which it was drawn (and which 

 seems to have been a small or half grown one) , represents the ani- 

 mal, with a face not sufficiently thick and large : the beft figure 

 is that of Buffon, which is, indeed, excellent. Buffon very pro- 

 perly observes, that, in its general appearance, except the pig-like 

 tail, it so perfectly represents the Macaque, or Cynomolgus, that 

 one might suppose it a variety of that species. 



