Tin; BROWN IIY.LNA. 



The smell of the Hyaena is so rank and oti'eiisi\ e that no animal, other than of 

 its own species, will come near the carcass. Dogs, when they come across the 

 scent of the Hytcna, at once show signs of fear; they Avill scarcely leave their 

 master, and, with bristling manes and wild looks, examine every inch of gronnd 

 over which tlicy pa^;s. 





l}KO^^^N IIY/ENA.— C/oc«/« linuuwa. 



Thk Brown IIy-ENA is so named on accomit of the colour of its fur, which is 

 of a blackish-brown tint, divcrsiticd with a liglitcr hue upon the neck and throat, 

 and a few indistinctly marked bands of a blackish-brown across the legs. The hair 

 of this species is extremely long, and has a decided " set" backwiU'ds. 



Sometimes the brown hue of the fur is washed with a warmer tint of chesnut, 

 from which circumstance the animal has been termed " Crocuta rufii," the latter 

 word signifying a ruddy hue, aiul beiug applied espcciidly to liair. 



