£8 DOG-FACED BABOON. 



The next Division of the Baboons consists of 

 such as have long tails. Of these the chief is, 



the 



DOG-FACED BABOON. 



Simia Hamadryas. 5. caudata cinerea, auribus comosis, unguibus 



acutiusculh , natibus calvis. Lin. 

 Tailed grey Baboon, with callosities behind, sharpish claws, and 



the hair on each fide the head very long. 

 Simia supra aures comata. Alpin. Hist. Nat. JEgypt. p. 242. 



t. 17. 19. 

 Dog-faced Baboon. Pennant ^uadr. p. 194. 

 S. Hamadryas. Grey Baboon. Speculum Linn&anum, l.t. 3. 

 Babouin a museau de chien. Buff, suppl. 7. p. 



This species is of an elegant colour, composed 

 of a mixture of grey and brown,, the hair appear- 

 ing as if speckled. It is a very large animal, at 

 least equal, if not superior, in size to the common 

 brown Baboon and the Mormon. It is remark- 

 able for a vast quantity of flowing hair on each 

 side the head, as well as round the shoulders, 

 spreading in such a manner as to give the ap- 

 pearance of a short cloak or mantle. The whole 

 face is naked and of a flesh colour, more or less 

 deep in different individuals. The eyes are deeply 

 seated, and of a chesnut colour. The bare spaces 

 on each side the tail are very large, protuberant, 

 and of a very bright flesh colour, or rather red. 

 The tail is almost the length of the body, and is 

 commonly a little tufted at the end. The nails 

 on the hands or fore-feet are flat ; those on the 

 hind- feet resemble strong claws. This is a rare 



