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t>lack ridge on the nose ; the sides scantily supplied 

 with very coarse long hair of an ashy buff colour, 

 show indistinct bars broader and more obliterated 

 than in the former, and the mane on the back is 

 entirely of a dark sepia colour ; the tail is long and 

 dark. We suspect this animal to be the Faadh of 

 Shaw : but if this be the case, it is singular that 

 the residence of this variety should not have been 

 recognised by the French naturalists, for the speci- 

 men is without an habitat. It may be questioned 

 whether this animal is not more nearly allied to 

 the next. 



THE STRAND HY^NA. 

 H. villosa, SMITH. 



PLATE XXIX. 



STRAND WOLF, Strand Jut of the Dutch colonists 

 at the Cape, is a distinct species, in nonage alone 

 resembling the common, and from that circumstance 

 formerly mistaken for it. This animal is however 

 considerably smaller, measuring only about four 

 feet from the nose to the end of the tail, and two 

 feet four inches in height at the shoulder. The 

 back forms the usual inclined plane of other hyaenas ; 



