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C. Koford
11
Colobus badius
2 November 1965
Kibale Forest, Toro Uganda
The group spread 200 yds. now, 10 at about 50yds of main site first seen this a.m. Seul on single & thick branch of 80' tree,
in open. But some jumped to adjacent tops. 1 Ad.w. juv. sec-
oned a dead tree. Ad. jumped 8 ± ' across to another, without
hesitation; juv. ascended first tree 10', went out branch seen
second, jumped down into it, & climbed down to adult. Smst
juvs! 12 at in crete top w. mod. thin foliage.
3 November 1965, 0815; 0.9 w., 1 ate leaf (Olea?). (about 3 nettles
in low Trena nearby.). / 0.55 w., 40+. 2 within 50' of gps.
C.alys./The 0.9 one in tree where said C. alys. photoed about 3 weeks before. Also, C. al. in tree where C. badius a few min. earlier,
na. .5w. / 1710, 8/10 overcast, calm, 0.75-N, in Merakania?
4 November 1965. Sunny after fog. about 1040, 3 in top tree &
apparently feeding on 6" simple thick dark-green glossy leaf fruit One
dropped, often holding or hanging by one hand, to swamp ground, then
to perch on down log, then on ground -7 nests.
5 November of 1965. Near swamps at 0.8 w., 1130, after rain
showers - 0.75w.; 7 (2 juv), eating small dark leaf of 80' tree,
and at 0.75 w., 12 (4 juvs) in 3 trees (one Olea). Lately common;
evening, about 1630, 4 at + 0.85 w. about 1830, 14+ at 1.1 E, eating
large (8")? simple leaf (=?), not a food seen eaten by C.alys.