DHOLE OF CEYLON. 



Chryseus Ckylonicus. 



PLATE Vin. 



Canis Ceylonicus, Shaw; or Wild Dog of Ceylon, 



First described by Vosmaer. This species is evi- 

 dently much allied to the last-mentioned, although 

 the account of it was not taken from an adult. The 

 stuffed specimen was not much larger than a domes- 

 tic cat, measuring about twenty-two inches from 

 nose to tail ; the tail itself sixteen inches, gradually 

 tapering to a point ; the colour yellowish grey with 

 a cast of brown, owing to some hairs of that colour 

 being longer than the rest; the feet strongly tinged 

 with brown ; the hair close but soft to the ^uch ; 

 the head long and pointed; the snout and under 

 chin brown, but the top of the head yellowish ash- 

 colour, which, passing beyond the ears, forms a spot 

 below them and terminates in a point below the 

 eyes ; the ears were small, elevated, and pointed. 

 In this specimen, the last molar of the lower jaw 

 was also wanting. The claws resembled those of a 

 cat more than of a dog, and there were five toes on 

 ^"^Q hind as well as the fore feet. We have exa- 



