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C. Koford
38
Colobus abyssinicus
5 November 1965.
Kibale Forest, Toro Uganda
about 1700, 1.95w.; "shide tail" gp. of 2? , 3?, (white inf.); 100 yds. from road. about 1800, 1.4w. 100yds, 2 ads. (1 blue men).
6 November 1965. Saw seil gps, up to 6 (1 juv), in 2 hrs. walk along forest road in Neria Block, N.of F.P. - Kampala Highway. One subad. allowed photo at 40', 45° up from me. Forest fern dead trees & logging, more closed than in Blodn K / About 1700, 1,2 3 w., 6 (incl. 1 juv.-1) 100 (still thin - but later.)
120 yds. from road in Celtis. 3 redtails in vicinity.
1.93w. 100yds.; "shide tail" ? gp.of 5 (+ white inf.), one ate Markhamia flowers; we ate 5-10 mm. long leaves Celtis. Later & five less Celtis (20min.)
/ 1.0E. 50 yds., 5?(1 juv.1) + white inf., in spindly Celtis w.worst upper parts dead. Think whole gp. At slight disturbance 2 down second, so all in 5 yds. drain. 2 ? sat 2' from ad.??. Lef. bow pink face, pinkish forelegs, dark knuckles, antennae crowns. Cat tiny new leaves Celtis./Across road nearly, 0.95w., 50+ (2 juv.3) in large Markhamia, eating rapidly. / By 1820 the 5 w. white inf. in tree 50yds. from first, eating avidly at Markhamia foliage. 1842, at edge forest nr. Fredhorne N. corner tea, 100 yds. SW of Chimp Corner, 8 (2 juv 3) in new leaf Celtis, where seen on at least 2 previous recent occasions.
7 November 1965 0930, 0.9E 50yds., (within 100 yds. of where 5+ white inf. seen last eve), gp.of 8 (+ hold white inf.), resting in nearly leafless tree. 2 redtails within 50' of members of group. at 1125, gp. in same (1) and 2 adjacent trees, in 100' diameter, quiet. Across road, .95 w), 2 juv.3, ad.??, ad.? , & others in 20' Trema near edge road. Juvrs. not flee when I parked car 25 yds. distant. / .75" rain mid-day. Evening census, .93E 5 (1 juv.-1) + white inf.(200yds. from where other morning, same gp?). .93w., 2 ads. (one ad.). 185 E, 2 ad. 1725, 1.2w, 6 (juv 1) in Celtis. 1.26 E, 2 ads. (restd 50'). 1.95w., 2 ads.-and "shide tail" gp. 1.69w, /ad. (2 blue? there?).