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most interesting, as it is at present unknown east of the Bay of 
Bengal. Mr. A. J. Irwin, Adviser to the Royal Siamese Survey 
Departinent, told me that he has twice seen large blunt-headed, 
dark and light grey beasts (one of which had crushed the limb- 
hones of a dead ox); once at Bangplasoi, about 30 miles east of the 
Chao Phya river mouth, and again somewhat north of Kanburi; while 
Mr. J. J. McBeth of Bangkok has also given me a similar description 
of an animal met by him. ‘The characters noted fit MH. striata very 
well, and no other dog-like animal in Siam has the bone-breaking 
powers mentioned by Mr. Irwin. But an earlier record of the 
occurrence of a hyaena in still more eastern longitudes is that by 
Mr. J. MeCarthy in * Surveying and Exploration in Siam.” Writing 
of his journey from Wien Chan (Vien Tiane) to Chieng Kwang 
(Xieng Khonang) now in French Laos, he says (p. 40) “One morn- 
ing I saw a striped hyaena standing under a tree. The camp pariah 
dog gave chase but I called him back. On nearing the jungle the 
wily hyaena stopped and turned round, seeming very much disap- 
pointed and looking longingly after the dog, As usual, my gun 
was nowhere ” 
9. Canis aureus, subs) 
Thos aureus cruesmanni, Gyldenstolpe, Kung). Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl., 
57, No. 2, p. 23 (1917). 
A juvenile example from Wang Pong, Pran, S. W. Siam. 
is so young (greatest length of skull 127 mm.), that it conveys 
no correct idea of the adult animal. Neither Gyldenstolpe nor I 
succeeded in obtaining the jackal at Koh Lak where it is well 
known, so the present example is the most southerly on record out- 
side India and Ceylon.* 
Cans mureus eruesmann  ( Matschie, S. B. Ges. Natarf. 
Freunde Berlin, 1900, p. 144) is based on some young animals 
living in the Berlin Zoo which were captured at Nong Bua about 
30 miles west of Korat. Matschie’s description is that of the animals 
when about a year old. When about half that age or less they 
*| Jackals ave said to be common near the sea shore not tar north of 
Cliumpon, Eds. |. 
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