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Koford, CB
24
Colobus abyssinicus
5 October 1965.
Toro Game Preserve, Toro Uganda.
yds. farther S. (Front then thinned to 5). Warmy, calmy 8/10 overcast.
as sky brightens monkeys descend into foliage, mostly out of sight.
(Ad. + juv. C. aethiops) top are folaged 80+' tree, visible on
rounded crown, tho no other spp seen in tree). | about 4 mile S. of.
Woro Camp, walked to E. side new, when tree somewhat sparsely,
saw 6 (incl. 1 inf, 1 juv.) 1030
in small tree; not always tallest, right
or tree, & rarely most folaged. | Then directly opposite Woro
camp, saw none in usual small clumps (leaves ?). | 1120, nr.
camps, 2 playing by tree B. and 2 there 1500 (1 juv.). [Photod the
A,B,C']. Only 5/10 overcast; wind 5 lbs. | 1700, about 7 ascended
saw 9
60' new-folaged tree at edge grass 100 yds S. of our camp &
fed (leaves smooth, D about 4"x1", simple & alt.) (some small
flowers ?' too). incl. 2 juv. tops. 4 juvs. (2 about 1 yr) and
subad., 07, no infs. I approached slowly afoot, & 1-2 at x
they descended & jumped or dropped down into bushes, 2 juvs.
first, an adult last. One big 07 came to close branch & fac-ed me as if in threat. All gone when I about 60 yds. dist. |
Noe seen nr tree B, but at 1540 about 9 (+ gray inf.) in
top of tree C, where foliage sparse. | Heard none at night from
camp.
6 October 1965. 0700, 2 or t in tree B, seen in tree A'
(mod heavy foliage; simple large dull leaves - the most
consistently used roost tree, tho small), and 9 in top
of C - seen still there at 1000, & I collected sample les.
& fruit. (Round grow fruits 5 mm diam; leaf veins rather
digitate; pale bark somewhat scaly, buttressed trunk, no epiderm.) Mon.