8S Till "'■"• *V .'ACKAI.. 



riifortiinalrly «c hmc hod Iml linlr n|i|Ntrl unity of examining •pcrinu-n* 

 from tluiic liicalitirB, but in our Nali<»nal (Villcrtiun tbrre i* a tkin * 

 luiii skull of one from Analolm, pnx-ntctl l>y Sir (hnrlr* Kcllowc*. 

 If wc may judpt- fnmi tlu» « ^ llirn thii Utcnl vanrty apn-o 



ImiIH n» to niliinitinu and dinUi . . '■ <*i«li tlic NdrtliAfman 



Jnrkal, hut with tlinl of Imlta 



In l^M.'t tluiT wa> |iu(4i«l>r4l an ammnt of tiir Frvnrh rtpiurvtion of 

 till" Mona, the ManiniaU Itr'ing dc»cnl>«l by M. NnJorr (Jcoffniy St.- 

 Iltlairr. That illu»tnou* nat«nih»t wat di»|tu»ctl to rrfnn\ tlic JarkaK 

 of the Morra. of Indui, and U North Africa a* fumung top» thrr liut a 

 mukIc »|M'cif». whM-h. we liavc ' ' .1. may wdl U the ctim 



Nrvi'rthi'lcwi, Brrt»rdili;{ to hi« o. -« ■ .j.w... ;..■ it>kMir uf lh<- huiU and 

 li<ad of th<- ( niiiran Jarknl a^rri^ • «nh wliat we find in the Indian 

 Jarkal, and not in the North-Afnran one lie lays murh »trr*a on the 

 ^•ater aiiiount of bU k uprtn the Iwrk of the Cnmean form . but thi* ii 

 j lift one of ihoac rharartrm in whirh we lui\r found a iY>ii»i(U-rnble 

 niiiouiit of variation in kkin* all drnuti fn»ni tin name locality. 



He dr«cril»e« the Jackal a» Ixinp ^rl^ > the M< 



ill |MU'kH, uttrnng cn«-* like tin- «ail <>i mi nn.ini, and * 



priftin^; a travilU-r by tlinr pn>\iinity, »l»en the jtack w it- 



Thrv net onlv, a» usual, ferd on camon. but he found thrv luid the 



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habit of diftintrrring dead btMlm. I>unng the war uf liberation tliry 

 would alM) enter an encampment at night and eat any itmA* and »hoi-ii 

 they onuhl find They were eamp-folluwer*. and tne aaentific et|Mr. 

 dition found regmiu to lie free of them where they abounded duniig 

 the war : they had U-fl nith the troo|M. 



The gem-rnl colour i!t a |mlc tlirty yeUow, with more or Icm of a 

 n-d(iit>h tinge niued with a \atinblc amount of black on the upper part 

 of the body, and a bruwn underfur. The limba are tleade<lly rtifoua, 

 lis also l>etw-etn and U'liind the ear* and on the niutzic; the Itacks of 

 the ears an* lawny. The undi-r|Mirl!» of the Ixxly arc alwny» paler and 

 Miinetimes almost vhile. The tad i> nddish bruwn. except the tip. 

 which is black, ImU Uic hairs on the Utwcr ]iortion of the tail ore alvi 



• No. U. 7. J3. 3. 



