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to the bulk of the animal ; its size being intermediate between the 

 Wolf and Jackal. Neck long. Body elongated. Between the eyes 

 and nose, red brown: end of the tail blackish. 



From the tip of the nose to the insertion of the tail 33 inches in 

 length : tail 8| inches. Height of the shoulders 16i inches. 



None of the domesticated Dogs of Diikhun are common to Europe. 



The first in strength and size is the Brinjaree Dog, somewhat 

 resembling the Persia?! Greyhound in possession of the Society, but 

 much more powerful. 



The Pariah Dog is referable to M. Cuvier's second section. They 

 are very numerous, are not individual property, and breed in the 

 towns and villages unmolested. 



Amongst the Pariahs is frequently found the Turnspit Dog, long 

 backed, with short crooked legs. 



There is also a petted minute variety of the Pariah Dog, usually 

 of a white colour and with long silky hair, corresponding to a com- 

 mon Lap-Dog of Europe; this is taught to carry flambeaux and 

 lanterns. 



The last variety noticed is the Dog with hair so short as to ap- 

 pear naked like the Canis ^gyptius. It is known to Europeans by 

 the name of the Pohjgar Dog. 



Canis pallipes, Sykes. — Landgah of the Mahrattas. 



Can. sordide rufescaiti-albidiis ; dorso nigrescenti Jerrugineoque 

 vario; pedibus totis pallide Jerrugineis : caudd sublongd pen- 

 dente. 



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

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

 irides yellowish bright brown. Ears narrow, 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 limbs, the throat, 

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

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

 mixed ; from the eyes to the nostrils, light ferruginous. The fur 

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

 long, gradually shortening as it approaches the 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 woods of the Ghauts. 



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

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

 same time a very large wild male and a domesticated female. 

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

 the domesticated Jackal was scarcely perceptible. 



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