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AOUARA DOG OF THE WOODS, 



Dusict/on si/lvestris, 



PLATE XXIV. 



In the collection of original drawings of the Prince 

 of Nassau, now in the Berlin library, there is one 

 of an animal with the name Aguarra beneath it ; 

 the design evidently shows a form of the present 

 group ; the head is pointed, the forehead round, the 

 ears large, somewhat obtuse, rufous at the back and 

 on the edges ; the body is slender, the fur yellow- 

 ish grey, darkest on the back ; from the eyes to the 

 nostrils the face is blackish; the legs are rather stout ; 

 all the feet as far as the joints black, the rest of the 

 limbs rufous; the tail does not reach the ground, 

 and from the root to the black tip it is yellowish 

 grey. The size of this animal is not mentioned, nor 

 can it be identified with any other of the group. 

 Professor Lichtenstein, in his observations on Marc- 

 grave and Piso, has not ventured to assign it to a 

 described animal, but we have little doubt but that 

 it is a true wild species, and therefore that the name 

 of Dtmcyon syhestris should be admitted; for we 

 have seen skins of one or two specimens in their 

 wild condition and mutilated, but enough to satisfy 



