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nopoli, most of them of birds hitherto unfigured. I shall commence 

 sending my specimens next month, and hope by the end of the year 

 to have forwarded to you a series of alll have procured, for the iden- 

 tification of species, &c. As you requested, I now add a few remarks 

 on the Indian Fox and Wolf. Canis Bengalensis, Shaw, C. Kokree, 

 Sykes, lives chiefly on the open plains, burrows in the ground, ge- 

 nerally four or five openings to the burrow, some of which commu- 

 nicate with each other; others are blind : it feeds chiefly on lizards, 

 locusts, grasshoppers, beetles, small snakes, and occasionally crabs 

 and rats ; runs with remarkable speed ; the chase with greyhounds 

 is a favourite pursuit in India. — Canis Lupus, C. pullipes, Sykes, 

 Wolf : hunts in small packs and runs down antelopes and hares, 

 seizes also sheep in a very daring manner in daylight, and carries 

 off young calves, goats, sheep, &c. during nights, and not unfre- 

 quently children. It possesses great speed and most extraordinary 

 powers of endurance. Though often chased by the best horsemen, 

 unless it is gorged, it always outlasts the fleetest horse, keeping ge- 

 nerally 20 or 30 yards ahead at whatever pace the rider may go.'* 



Dr. Krauss's Return from Southern Africa. 

 It will be remembered, that about two years and a half since. Dr. Fer- 

 dinand Krauss of Stiittgard, left England for the Cape, on his way 

 to explore the interior of Southern Africa, with a view to collect 

 objects of Natural History from those regions. He has within the 

 last month returned to London with his extensive collections of both 

 animals and plants, collected principally in Natal and Amazoola 

 land, where he resided about twelve months ; during which period 

 he assiduously devoted the whole of his time and attention to pre- 

 serving objects in every department of natural history. The zoolo- 

 gical collection comprises Mammalia, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Crus- 

 tacea, Insects, Shells (land, freshwater, and marine,). Zoophytes, &c. 

 The Botanical collection comprises about 3000 species of native 

 plants, carefully preserved, and in most instances 30 specimens of 

 each species ; those of Natal, amounting to about 1000 species, are 

 offered to botanists at forty shillings the hundred ; and those col- 

 lected in the Cape Colony at twenty-five shillings per hundred spe- 

 cies. A series of the zoological and botanical collections we under- 

 stand are about to be purchased by the British Museum ; the re- 

 maining sets will be disposed of to those desirous of possessing 

 them. 



In addition to the above collections Dr. Krauss attentively ex- 



