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The lašt variety noticed is the Dog with hair so sliort as to ap- 

 pear naked likę the Cmiis u^gyptius. lt is known to Europeans by 

 the name of the Polygar Dog. 



Canis pallii'ES, Sykes. — Landgnh of the Mahrattas. 



Can. sordide riifescenti-albidus ; dorso nigrescenti Jierrugineogue 

 vario; pedibus totis pallide Jerrugineis : caudd sublonga pen- 

 dente. 



This is the JVoĮfof Dukhun. Its head is elongated, and its muzzle 

 acuminated : a groove exists betvveen the nostrils. Eyes oblique : 

 irides yellowish bright brown. Ears narrovv, ovate, erect ; small 

 for the length of the head. Tail pendent, thin but bushy, extend- 

 ing below the os calcis. General colour of the fur a dirty reddish 

 white or whited brown, Along the back and tail very many of the 

 hairs are tipped black, mixed with others tipped ferruginous. The 

 tail ends in a black tip. The inner surface of the limhs, the throat, 

 breast and belly, dirty white. Legs pale. From the ears to the 

 eyes reddish grey, with a great number of short black hairs inter- 

 mixed ; from the eyc^s to the nostrils, light ferruginous. The fur 

 from the occiput to the insertion of the tail is two or three inches 

 long, graduaJly shortening as it approaches tlie sides ; hence all 

 over the body very short and lying close. 



The description is taken from two three-parts grown animals. 



Length from tip of nose to insertion of tail 35 to 37 inches ; of 

 the tail 11 to 12 inches ; the hair extending two inches beyond the 

 measurement. 



These animals are numerous in the open stony plains of Dukhun ; 

 but are not met with in the vvoods of the Ghauts. 



Canis aureus, Linn. Kliolah of the Mahrattas. — Jackals are 

 numerous in Dukhun. Major Sykes had in his possession at the 

 šame time a very large vvild malė and a domesticated female. 

 The odour of the wild animal was almost unbearable. That of 

 the domesticated Jackal was scarcely perceptible. 



Canis Kokree, Sykes. — Kokree of the Mahrattas. 



Can. suprh rųfescenti-griseus, iiifra sordide albiis ; caudce comosee 

 apice nigro ; pedibus rųfescentibus : pujnlld elongatd. 



The Fox of Dukhun appears to be new to science, although it 

 much resembles the descriptions of the Corsac. It is a very pretty 

 animal, but much smaller than the European Fox. Head short ; 

 muzzle very sharp. Eyes t)blique: irides nut brovvn. Legs very 

 slender. Tail trailing on the ground ; very bushy. Along the back 

 and on the forehead fawn colour with hair having a white ring near 

 to its tip. Back, neck, betvveen the eyes, along the sides and half 

 way down the tail reddish grey, each hair beiiig banded black and 

 reddish white. Ali the legs reddish outside, reddish white inside. 

 Chin and throat dirty white. Along the belly reddish white. 

 Ears externally dark brown, and with the fur so short as to be 

 scarcely discoverable. Edges ofeyelids black. Muzzle red brown. 



Length 22 and 224 inches: of the tail 1 1 1 to 12 inches. 



Viverra Indica, Geoff., ( Viv. Rassc, Ilorsf ) Jtiivadce Manjur, 



