THE 



Chrysetis set/lax. Smith. 



PLATE VII. 



Tlie Dhole of Capt. Williamson, and Quihoe of Dr. Daniel 

 Johnson. 



The names here brouglit in juxta-position, show 

 how much confusion there exists in designating the 

 animals already described and the present species 

 among the natives of India ; a confusion they ex- 

 tend to hyasnas and wolves. Qyo, Quihoe, and 

 Qao appear to signify imitations of the animal's 

 voice when hunting, Dhole a Praerit name ; but it 

 is evident that where the names of Hoondar and 

 Beriah, hyaena and wolf, are considered synonymous, 

 species still more indistinctly marked may well be 

 expected to be confounded. The Scylax is described 

 to be in size between the wolf and jackal, slightly 

 made, of a light bay colour, a sharp face, fierce 

 keen eyes ; in form approaching a greyhound ; the 

 tail strait, not bushy ; the ears wide, pointed, open, 

 and forming a triangle; the skin dark; nose, muz- 



* This name is an antique Asiatic root, implying daring, 

 recklessness ; in Turkish, Deli ; in Teutonic, Dol, mad ; in 

 Belgic, Dulle, outrageous. 



