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White. The Indians named it agv^rra, an appella- 

 tion we shall find in the sequel applied to several 

 species. 



This lyciscus measured ahout twenty-four inches 

 at the shoulder, resembled a common wolf, but had 

 a muzzle and the ears proportionably shorter; the 

 body appeared to be rather long and robust, com- 

 pared with the height; the nose, cheeks, and limbs, 

 to the carpus and tarsus, were buflf; the forehead 

 neck, and back, clear grey ; all the hair rather hard to 

 Je touch ; the rest as before stated. In the Animal 

 Kingdom, Baron Cuvier describes as a wolf, under 

 the name of « The Mexican," one that can be no 

 other than this species; and we have little doubt 

 but that the Cuyota or « Jackal Fox" of Captain 

 Belcher, observed by him on the banks of the Sacra- 

 mento nver, in California, about 37 deg. 43 min 

 north and 122 deg. west, is again the same animal, 

 notwithstanding that by the compound name of 

 jackal-fox given to it, seems to imply a smaller 

 species. 



The grey wolf-like lycisci of the old continent, 

 which seem to correspond to the L. latram and Ca- 

 gottuot the new, are still less known than the first 

 mentioned, but we refer to this group the Jumh 

 Koola, Lycmus tigris of Smith, because it may be 

 this species which caused all the rumours of the 

 ancients concerning the tiger-dogs of India being 

 the hybrid produce of domestic bitches with wild 

 tigers and of such indomitable ferocity, that only 

 the third generation could be reared and trained 



