40 Tiir III \rK'-TurK'rn jvckm. 



lbG7-08, occaslnimlly riul with cxiiiiiplcs of (*. mrtomrfas in iho paM 

 Ik-Iwccii Koiimli mid Sciiafr. ami iiiurli luort; fn-^iUfHtl}' oJkiuI the base 

 uf till- hilU vrvat of Mo-sHowa, tiiid uii tlio Aii»cImu He aiam telU uh * 

 tliut at least on one u<-eji!ii<in .laeknU of iIiik n|KX'ieh were met with in tlie 

 iinmedintu vieinitv of n lion, attention liaving Invn mlled to the place 

 where that forniulnhle IhoaI lay hnlden hy the [MTulmr luotionit of the 

 JneknU. Ah they walked slowly and wanly away from hiit vicinity, 

 they constantly directed their glances towartU the liinih which roiiceole«l 

 hiui. 



Mr. iUuiifiird did not lind the lUnek-ltorked Jackal iii tlie hi^'lilandit 

 of Ativssinin (that is, at an elevation aUixe Tidno feet); hut met with 

 nitnuTous individuals of the cumiuon Jackal of the count r\ mIiuIi uh 

 iH'fore said, he regards a<i hein^ C rarityotKs of Hup|M'll. 



The c«)|our of the young is a unifonn dunky hrown. The adult i« 

 always brightly ctiloured. but the tiharpnoui of (he diittinction iK-twccn 

 the back and the sides, and tlio extent and intensity i>f the black 

 colour of the back vary e<insidcmbly. Tlie hairs of the Ixnly an- all, 

 or almost all, anniilated, and ench i* white a eonsiderabh- part of its 

 extent, as well as Ijlack and yellow. Thus the sii|K-rticial asix-et of 

 ditTereiit |Mirts of the txMly is apt to difler. and present sometimes 

 nearly black, sometimeii nearly white, |>atchcs of atlour. The bbck 

 patch on the back is widest over the shoulders, then narrowing Itark- 

 vvards. The sides «if the InHiy arc red. The limbs and proximal port 

 of the tail arc reddish yellow or yellowish re«l ; the end of the tail is 

 binck. The underpart «»f the lower jaw, chest, belly, and inner side of 

 the limbs on- while or whitish. The back of the ears are light yellowi!ih 

 brown, well clothed with hair without and within. 



It seems to me most pmbablc thol the Jackul noticed by Dr. T. 

 Noack t under the name C. kayenlnrlH is a fonu of C. meaomela* in 

 which the hairs of the back arc somewhat longer than usual. S|K'cie8 

 have been projwsed by llem|>rich and KhrcnlK-rg under the names 

 lupasler, saccr, and riparimi, but they are so slightly chanut.ri/.-.l 



• O/K eit. p. 23S. 



t Sec Zool(^»cbe Garten, urii. J&hrgmng (ISSC), p. 233. 



