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THE ornithological SPECIMENS 



XXI 



The Hy^na-Dog, the Lynx, the Wild Cat, 

 and the Otter 



THE sight of a pack of hy:ena-dogs (^Lycaon pictus) 

 after their prev is one not easily forgotten. For 

 the most part I have had only fleeting glimpses of them, 

 whether on the plains or on the caravan-roads by the 

 coast, or by the marshes, as they rushed after their quarry 

 in long springs, two or three close on the track, the others 

 following close behind, so as to cut off the retreat if 

 necessary. The vv^onderhil picture of this chase passes 

 quickly under a whirlwind of dust, and is more divined 

 than perceived, only the heads of the prey and pursuers 

 rising now and again above the reeds in the marsh. It 

 passes before one like a phantom. 



I have found the hyasna-dog very rare in those districts 

 through which I have travelled. This has been the experi- 

 ence also of trustworthy observers in British East Africa. 

 All kinds of game, even the strongest antelopes, fall 

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