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. S. caudata cinereay auribus comosis, unguihus 
acutiusculis i natihus caluis. 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. j^gypt. p. 242. 
t, 17. 19. 
Dog-faced Baboon. ^Pennant ^adr. p. 194. 
S. Hamadryas. Grey Baboon. Speculum Linnaamm, l.t. 3, 
Babouin a museau de chien. Buff, suppl. 7. 
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 
