Field notes, v1408
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Kafad, CB 1 Mangabe Colobus (Procolobus) Cercocerus = [8 Sept. 1965 Identified] badius 24 August 1965. Kibale Forest, Ft. Portal, Uganda. On road S. of Kagero sawmill, 1 mi. S. of Nyagata R., at 12:10 p.m., saw group 12+. Light grey with rufous crown. First impress- iion of many. Devil in slow succession jumped to second tree notably they dropped about 20' feet under them, rather than springing across w. legs horizontally spread. One carried infant at chest, & juv. (1 yr.? ) next to it. There in 80' tree with mod. foliage about 50 yds. W. of road, .15 mi. S. of great air turnout. Light rain; animals active. Rd. S. of Kagero Sawmill, Kibale Forest [LO.2] 27 August 1965. 5:45 p.m., 400 yds. E. of Km. 6 again, one (apparently drawn from tree) mangabe?; black backs, grey legs, long black tail, brown crown) in nearly bare tree. Cercocerus? = C. badius 29 29 August 1965. Across (E.) fr. Pridham's turnout, 0900, 6 in trees, + A5 ad. Colobus alps within 100 yds.; one "mangabe" Confusion cercoc. until C. badius, ssept. At only 20yds. from 5 Col. in tree (below & to side of them), but no animosity seen. Kibale Forest 13 September 1965. About 10:30, mi. mi. 1.1, one in branch with 1 redtail + 7 Colobus physiomimus. Beneath; within 6' of an alps. at X. The redtail to it + the badius ground it. 14 September 1965. 1000, mi. S.5.5, 10+ in trees nr. Mpanga R. Cercocerus Black, gray-brown shoulders & ropes; scruggly long loi, arpen, Cercocerus alb. ropes, + tail topuses. Head silhouette 5. New gp., 2 C. bad- (mangabe?) cin and 2 Cercop. ascanius Soft gurgling whistling call, repeated from there. Move slowly cautiously, compared to redtails - in line. Tail often for 7. On w. inf.; at Prob. Cercocerus least one juv.; saw 6+. // Col. badius - 1000, mi. mi. 5.5 where Cercocerus + redtails in trees. 12:28, mi. 2.95, E.