54 Gesellschaft tiaturforscliender Freunde, Berlin. 



was coraposed of strong hair of a reddish, browQ colour, 

 withüut auy riugs or bands of blackuess upon the points. 

 In the same manner. the mane consisted of hairs exactiy 

 similar both in colour and substance, being longer as they 

 approached the neck, where they were about seven inches 

 long; and though it was obvious that, upon being irritated, 

 he could raise them npon bis back, yet they were not rigid 

 enough, and were too long to have the resistance of 

 bristles of the bog or boar .... 



The belly is covered with hair vere little softer and 

 shorter than that of bis back .... His colour is of a 

 yellowish brown. the head and the ears the lightest part 

 of him. The legs are marked thick with black bands which 

 begin at the lower hinder Joint, then continue very dark in*' 

 colour tili the top of the thigh. where they turn broad and 

 circular, reacbing across the whole side. Over the Shoulder 

 are two semicircular bands likewise, then come very fre- 

 quent bands down the outside of the fore-leg in the same 

 manner as the bind. The inside of all his legs are withoiit 

 marks, so are the neck, head, and ears. but a little above 

 the thorax is a large black streak which goes up along the 

 throat, and down to the polnt of the lower jaw. His nose 

 is black, and above the point, for some inches. is of a dark 

 colour also. 



5. Eine Hyaene, welche Rolle bei Antiochia im 

 nördlichen Syrien gesammelt hat, unterscheidet sich von 

 allen anderen durch folgende Merkmale: 



Die Grundfärbung ist aschgrau mit wenig bräun- 

 lichem Ton; die Streifung auf den Körperseiten ist sehr 

 undeutlich, auf den Gliedmaassen aber stark ausgeprägt. 

 Schwanzhaare namentlich an der Schwanzquaste breit 

 schwarzbraun gespitzt. Kinn mit schwarzgrauen 

 Haaren. Vorderfüsse hellgrau, bräunlich getönt; Hinter- 

 füsse grau mit dunkelbraun gemischt. 



Auch im Schädelbau weicht diese Hyaene von allen 

 anderen ab, wie ich weiter unten in der Bestimmungs- 

 tabelle angeben werde. 



Ich nenne diese Hyaene : Hyaena syriaca Mtsch. spec. nov. 



