256 AGUARA DOG OF THE WOODS. 



upper surface, yellowish beneath, and black at the 

 end : the eyelids and muzzle are black, and there 

 is an indistinct appearance of two blackish streaks 

 on each cheek. 



The attitude of this animal is that of a cur, and 

 on comparing our figure of a domestic dog of the 

 Indians, taken from a living specimen, with that of 



THE CRABODAGE, OR SURINAM AGUARA DOG. 



Dusieyon sylvestris^ 



PLATE XXV. 



We find such a strict similarity in all, excepting the 

 bushy tail, that we believe them to represent the 

 same species in the wild and domestic states, and 

 that Buffon s chien des hois is again the same, while 

 the chien crahier is a Cerdocyon, or Canis Azaroe. 



The wild race of these dogs are said to form small 

 families of six or eight in company; they hunt 

 agoutis, pacas, and wild gallinacae. The Indians 

 say also that they eat the berries of several plants, 

 particularly those of the houmiri (Jioumiria hcd- 

 samifera ?) ; and a solitary cry, sometimes heard in 

 the most dense forest, is ascribed to them. 



