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Koford, C.B.
2
blue
Cercopithecus mitis
28 August 1965 Kibale Forest, Nr. Ft. Portal, Uganda.
C. mitis
Kogera
09:10, mr. road mr. [illegible], 1 ad. 20' up, feeding on frv. or foliage; when
I to 100' it gave short coughing "caa"s for '4 sec at 5+sec intervals,
repeatedly, mouth opening 1" with each call. Olive. Light grey muzzle.
= C,
1'l'hosti
29 August 1965. Mr. mi. 1.3 on Kogera - Kangwara road; one
long black tailed monkey ran across road; thought this kind!
Mile 1.8, 09:55, one in yellow-flowered (Maribania?) tree
gave single explosive cough, caaa or harsh string.
intervals; alarm? When I to 100', it descended tree. / about
Big
mi. 5,4, at turnout, one with fat red tail in group.
C. mitis
28 August 1965. 6:40 p.m., mr. mile 1.4 on rd. S. of Kogera low
hill, 5 (ijus).
C.
1'l'hosti
4 September 1965. About noon, mr. mi. 7.8 on S. Kogera
SMD, about 5 monkeys crossed road, tails high, singly.
Have looked all black, some with red brown on back,
+ glimpses there in trees showed broad white collar
at throat, the typical "blues" in groups - do immo.
Have white throat + brown bodies? This is 3rd.
time we have seen monkeys on road, & always seem to
be these "black" ones.
First
C. 1'l'hosti good view
6 September 1965. About mi. 5.7, near large logging turnout
day before
on Mpanza R. side, in site where elephant shot yesterday, a
band of about 10 monkeys crossed road from W. to E. Then had
red-brown bodies, very black thighs (+ sharp division w. brown
at sides over [illegible]), white throats, + seemed larger than
C. l'hosti C. mititans. Even 2 juns. had white throat, + now seem to
look. Surely not C. mitis - probably C. l'hosti.