216 THE COMMON JACKAL. 



to tail, at 29 inches, and the height at 1 7^ inches, 

 which is certainly an error of inadvertence, or of 

 the press, unless he confounded in his account of 

 the species some other animal, such as Thous 

 authus. The Cams Si/riactis of Hemprich and 

 Ehrenberg was measured indeed from a young 

 specimen. It was 2 feet 2 inches in length ; the 

 tail 8 inches? the height at the shoulder 9, and 

 at the croup 10 inches. The colour whitish-fulvous, 

 with a blackish line on the back ; the head, out- 

 side of the ears, and feet, fulvous; the inside of 

 both these, and the abdomen, whitish; there was 

 a yellowish bar on the breast ; and the under fur 

 was buflf. Yet this insignificant animal appears to 

 be now the only representative of the wolf in Syria 

 and Palestine. 



The Grey Jackal, In 1814 or 1815 there was 

 exhibited in London a couple of animals of this 

 group, said to be from Senegal, and their figures 

 were taken both by the late Mr Howitt and by 

 ourselves. They were remarkably long in the 

 body, and low limbed ; the nose long and pointed ; 

 a circle round the eyes, the cheeks, lips, and sides 

 of the nose, white ; the ridge of the nose, the fore- 

 head, neck, throat, and shoulders, black ; and base 

 of the tail wavy grey, mixed with black ; the base 

 of the ears lively fulvous, the tips black and the 

 inaide white; lower parts of the flanks reddish- 



