XI. LANGHELD'S BABOON. PAPIO LANGHELDI.

_Cynocephalus langheldi_, Matschie, S. B. Ges. Nat. Freunde, Berlin,

1892, p. 233.

CHARACTERS.--Hair of back long and coarse; that of the hinder quarters

shorter. Length of body, 29½ inches; of tail, 18 inches.

General colour, dirty olive-grey--the hairs brown at the base, then

yellowish-grey, ringed further up with black and yellowish-grey and tipped

with black; the long and coarse hair {276}of the back lighter; chin

greyish-white; the hind-limbs externally washed with brownish-yellow; the

upper side of the hands and feet olive-yellow; tail brownish-grey; under

side of body and inside of limbs silvery-grey.

The bright olive-grey of the upper side and the silver-grey under side

distinguish this species from all others; it is most nearly related to _C.

babuin_.

DISTRIBUTION.--East Africa, from the Rovuma river to the Pangani, and

extending to the Victoria Nyanza.

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