Children's own library . THE MANDRILL color is a sandy red, relieved by yellow cheeks and ayellow stripe over the shoulders. We now arrive at the Baboons. They are distin-. GOBIIiliAS. 14 woods natueal history guished from the apes by their short tails. The Man-drill, the most conspicuous of the baboon tribe, is anative of Guinea and Western Africa, and is chieflyremarkable for its vivid colors. Its cheeks are of abrilliant blue, its muzzle of a bright scarlet, and a stripeof crimson runs along the centre of its nose. It lives inforests with brush wood. On this account it is muchdreaded by the
Children's own library . THE MANDRILL color is a sandy red, relieved by yellow cheeks and ayellow stripe over the shoulders. We now arrive at the Baboons. They are distin-. GOBIIiliAS. 14 woods natueal history guished from the apes by their short tails. The Man-drill, the most conspicuous of the baboon tribe, is anative of Guinea and Western Africa, and is chieflyremarkable for its vivid colors. Its cheeks are of abrilliant blue, its muzzle of a bright scarlet, and a stripeof crimson runs along the centre of its nose. It lives inforests with brush wood. On this account it is muchdreaded by the natives. It is excessively ferocious, andeasily excited to anger. The American Monkeys are found exclusively in SouthAmerica, and are never seen north of Panama. Theirtails are invariably long, and, in some genera, prehensile. The Coaita is one of the Spider Monkeys, so calledfrom their long slender limbs and their method of pro-gressing among the branches. The tail answers thepurpose of a fifth hand; indeed, the Spider Monkeysare said to use this member for hooking out objectswhere a hand could not be inserted. The tail is also ofuse in climbing ; they coil it rou
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