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SUPPLEMENT 



THE AARD-WOLF 



(Page 454) 



The representative of this species inhabiting the Suakin district has 

 been described by Prof. A. Cabrera (A;in. Mag: Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. 

 vi. p. 464, 1 9 1 o) as a new race, under the name Pjvteles cristatiis pallidior. 

 It is stated to be nearly allied to the Somali P. c. septentrionalis^ but 

 paler-coloured, with less black on the mane and tail, and the feet brownish 

 in place of black. 



THE CUBEROW 



(Page 462) 



In a memoir on the domesticated animals of the Mediterranean 

 Islands published at Zurich {Neue DenkscJwift. Schiveiz. naturf. Ges. 

 vol. xlvi. pp. 115 et seg.), Dr. C. Keller shows that the skull of the 

 cuberow presents a remarkable resemblance to that of the prick-eared 

 Ibiza greyhound of the Balearic Islands. So marked, indeed, is the 

 resemblance that the author believes the Ibiza greyhound, which was 

 once represented by an allied breed in Egypt, to be the domesticated 

 descendant of the cuberow. The skull of the former shows a great 

 elevation in the profile of the forehead, but this is evidently a feature 

 due to domestication. 



