SAC ALIUS INDICUS. 21 ft 



Sacalius Indicus. This race is probably the 

 Gola quoilah and Kadlu nari of southern India* 

 It is about 25 inches in length ; the head 5^ inches 

 long, is pointed ; the eyes large and the lids oblique 

 the colours are yellowish-buff, grey, and white, the 

 latter colour predominating ; the head is yellowish 

 and white, brownish about the nose and jaws; 

 from the anterior angle of the eye a band, widest 

 at the beginning, runs along the upper jaw ; and 

 from the posterior angle, another more narrow 

 passes down the cheek to below the ear ; the muzzle, 

 edge of the lips, and eyelids, are black, as well as 

 the whiskers, which are 3^ inches in length ; the 

 throat, neck, and thighs, are greyish, slightly more 

 ochry on the back and shoulders ; the external side 

 of the limbs is deep fulvous, paler on the feet; 

 the internal side whitish; the thumb-claw of the 

 fore-feet is placed at the joint of the wrist; the 

 claws are grooved ; the tail, above ten inches long, 

 is narrow at base, but large, and tufted in its 

 length; the colour is yellowish- white and dark 

 brown to more than a third towards the tip, and 

 there are some dark spots on the upper side; and 

 the hair is about two inches in length. 



A specimen brought from Madras by F. Bennet, 

 Esq. was in size equal to a terrier ; the prevailing 

 colour of the livery yellow; the back somewhat 

 silvered over with whitish pointed hair ; the throat 

 and chest, inside of ears, white; the tail long, 

 straight, and a little brushy at the extremity ; the 

 ears erect, and pointed ; the muzzle sharp, producing 



