480 



RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Distribution. Africa and South-Western Asia, extending from Persia 

 to Western Turkestan and the countries east of the Caspian, 

 and eastwards into India ; unknown in the latter country on the 

 Malabar coast and to the north of the Ganges, as it also is in 

 Ceylon. 



Length. 



ft. in. 

 O 



Length of 



tail. 

 ft. in. 



Height at 

 shoulder. 



-6 

 -6 



-6 



4l 



4 



34 



Locality. 



India 



Near Rajkot, Kathiawar 



N.E. Transvaal . 



90 Ibs. 

 Somaliland 



Owner. 



The late R. A. Sterndale. 

 Lieut. -Col. L. L. Fenton 

 Dr. Percy Kendall. 



The late Capt. J. Johnston- 

 Stewart. 



The following are the dimensions of a specimen shot in the Eastern 

 Transvaal by Mr. F. Vaughan Kirby. 



Total length in straight line. Do. over all. 

 6 ft. 8 in. 7 ft. 7 in. 



Tail. 

 2 ft. 9 in. 



Vertical height. Girth of forearm. Do. shoulders. 

 2 ft. iij in. 8 in. 31 in. 



SPOTTED HYAENA (Hyaena crocuta). 



Somali Uaraba. Setongwani in Barotsiland. 



Danakil Yangula. Piri in Ngamiland. 



Abyssinian Jib. Chimbwi in the Chilala and Chibisa 



countries. 



The hyaenas form a small family of Carnivora allied in some respects 

 to the cats, but distinguished by the form of the skull, the more 

 numerous teeth (which are, however, to a considerable extent cat-like), 

 and the four-toed feet, with non-retractile claws. The spotted hyaena 

 is the largest of the three species, and takes its name from the large 

 dark blotches on its tawny coat. Its carnassial teeth are more cat-like 

 than those of the other species. 



Distribution. Africa, south of the Sahara. 



Nose to root of tail in a straight line, 4 feet 9^- inches. Length 

 of tail, i foot I inch. 



Extreme length over all, 6 feet 3 inches. 



Vertical standing height, 3 feet. 



Girth behind shoulders, 39^ inches. 



Length. 



in. 



-12$ 

 -I2j 

 -II 

 -II 

 -lOf 



Owner. 



F. Vaughan Kirby. 

 D. MacAlpine. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 

 F. Vaughan Kirby. 

 Capt. R. A. J. Montgomerie, 

 R.N. 



