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losity above each ; the general colour a foxy ferrn- 

 ginous red, varying to lighter shades on the belly 

 and inside the thighs. The action of the animal, in 

 confinement, was restless in the extreme ; and while 

 in the presence of human beings, or if teazed, it 

 emitted a most fetid urine. The voice was more of 

 a cry than a bark. 



We place in the Chrysean group also several 

 wild canines of the great Australian islands, which 

 seem by their external characters to belong to this 

 type, although they are provided with the second 

 tubercular molar, wanting in the former. Among 

 these the best known ia 



