:j() THK INDIAN J.M K \l. 



iiiunngc to subdue, niul lliou^li tlicv uiny Im- lurt with singly or in |mini 

 (hey sometimes hunt in tnM)|>«, ti«|Kviaily at niglit, when they may 

 mnke a great huuhng. Sickly Kliei-|i and goa(« mulily fall a prey to 

 (hem, as well as any an(eKi|M'S whirli have Imi-u lamed or wounded, 

 in default of nniniid fiiod, (hev wdl readilv e«t fruit or » • ><■«, of 



which (hey are lUiid to Ik- fond, n* well a» of (he Imt fr<ii< '_,.,. ^pkus 

 jtijubd) and njM' coflVf-U-rriti*. Ar«t>rding to Dr. Jerdon. the Jackal 

 is rosily pullett down i>y prryhounds, Imt gives an cscrllenl run witli 

 foxhoundn. lie add <• that they arc very tenacious of life, and " khniii 

 diad " s<i well as to deceive even c«|M'nenci-d s|Kirt«inen. On one 

 (Mxusioii a Jackal mine to the aid of another individual — |>ossibly its 

 mate — which ' ' ' ' ' attacking them furiously 



IlltllOIIgh |)r. .I'l'i •■ '-.,^^,•— ,■; .'.• •■'.-.'.uk. 



The cry of (he Jackal is dcM-nlKtl by Mr. Ulanfurd as consisting of 

 two part* " a long wailing howl thrrr or four time* rr[ieatrd. each 

 n-|M-lition in a note a little higher lluin the preceding, and then a 

 succession of usually three quick yel|M, also re|H*ated two or thn^ times. 

 The common Angl(>*Indiaii version of ' Ihad //iiu/oo ; irArrf, ttkerr, 

 f'lifrr' gives s«)Uie ideu of the call." 



Ilesidi's its ordinarv crv, it will iiii<i .lu...... i, << rv dt«lin?iiifthable 



one ulieii It tinds itself in the vicinity of a tiger or k-opurd. It is 

 doubtless a cry of (error and warning, as (he leo|)ard prvys on jarkala, 

 a!id then- con be little doiib( but (hat a hungry tign-r would make 

 short work of one. It o|i|M-art to Imvc been this habit which has given 

 rise to the fnble of the Jnrknl Iteing the " lion's provider," and which is 

 cnrn-nt in India *. 



The Jackal l)n>4<U in biirniws murh as does a fo\, and produce* 

 nl>out four nt a birth It bn*<-ds fn-ely with the doniintic dog. 



The Indian Jackal varies much in sixc and stmiewhat in coloration, 

 iind it is mix* (lueslioii whether the Common Jackal of North Africa 

 should or should nf>t lie n>garded as of the same species. If they arc 

 united, then the Kuro|M-aii Jackal must also belong to that one s|Mrcie«. 



• S<» H. ToiTpn» on " Naiivr Improtwinn* rt-Ksrdinjc U>c Naluml Hi«lon of ccrlsin 

 Animsls " (Juumsl «f the Asiatic Soc. of Uenirsl, vol. xriii. part ii. p. T^^l. 



