34 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



up possession of a stick or an umbrella which it might have snatched 

 from a visitor. The adult females are at times too unsightly for 

 exhibition. The males are apt to take passionate notice of female 

 visitors. 



(37) THE CHACMA BABOON. 



(CYNOCEPHALUS POKOARIUS— (Bodd.) ) # 



Description. — This monkey is almost as large as an Abyssinian 

 baboon, which it resembles in general appearance. The distinctive 

 features of a Chacma are its longer muzzle, darker colour, and absence 

 of tuft to the tail. The colour of its body is uniformly dark brown, 

 nearly black in some individuals, mixed with a shade of light yellow. 

 In younger specimens the muzzle is not much produced. 



Mab. — West and South Africa. 



Length of life in captivity. 



No monkey of this species has as yet lived in the garden longer 

 than four years. 



Treatment in health. 



With respect to housing, feeding and transport, it should be treated 

 in the same way as an Abyssinian baboon. 



Treatment in sickness. 



The specimen that lived for four years died very suddenly one 

 morning, and the cause of death was never ascertained, so that nothing 

 can be said with regard to the diseases from which these animals suffer 

 in captivity. 



Observations on the habits of a Chacma Baboon. 



The Chacma is as intelligent and clever as the Hamadryad 

 monkey. Though it is generally playful and sociable, its temper is 

 not to be trusted. The Chacma kept in this garden once showed great 

 cleverness in breaking a portion of its cage with the help of an iron 

 scraper which it managed to obtain. It exhibited a singular habit 

 of never touching a plantain unless given with the peel on. 



(38) THE MANDKILL. 



(CYNOCEPHALUS MORMON— {Linn.) ) 



Description.— A. full-grown mandrill measures about 4 feet 6 inches 

 when standing upright. It resembles the other baboons in general 

 appearance, but the principal features by which it is distinguished 

 from them are its peak-shaped crest on the crown of the head, 

 the prominent swellings of its cheeks on either side ofthe nose, the 



