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Somaliland. By the Hon. Walter Rothschild (Novitates Zoologicce, 

 vol. ix. p. 443) the species was divided in 1902 into the following three 

 local races, with the proviso that a fourth may occur in East Africa. 



In the typical southern race the general colour is ashy grey, with 

 the front and sides of the neck greyish white, and the mane on the 

 hind part of the neck and back mingled grey and white, the latter 

 predominating, and the tips of the hairs being brown. The black 

 stripes are broad and well defined, while the tail is grey with a black 

 tip and indistinct bands. In the Somali race (Proteles cristatus septen- 

 trionalis] the ground-colour of the coat is creamy white, with a slight 

 wash of buff on the neck and sides of the rump, but with no trace of 

 grey ; while the stripes are less defined and on the neck broken up 

 into spots, and the mane is black, somewhat variegated with creamy 

 white. Finally, the Angola race (P. c. Jiarrisoni] is broadly distin- 

 guished from the other two by the head being white grizzled with 

 black, the ears whiter inside, and the general ground-colour pale 

 orange-rufous, with the stripes much less developed ; the mane being 

 black somewhat variegated with rufous, and the tail also sable with a 

 larger intermixture of rufous. The stripe running from the breast 

 over the shoulders towards the back stops short about midway on each 

 shoulder, while the three hindmost stripes of the other races are obsolete. 



Aard-wolves pass much of their time underground, several inhabit- 

 ing a single burrow in common. They feed mainly on white ants and 

 carrion ; further reference to the nature of their diet being made under 

 the heading of jackals. 



THE HUNTING-DOG 

 (Lycaon f ictus} 



Wilde-Hond, CAPE DUTCH ; Inkentshani, ZULU ; 'Bmtaja, SWAZ1 ; 

 Matshabidi, BASUTO ; Letlhalcrwa, BECHUANA 



(PLATE xv, fig. 9) 



Nearly all the members of the dog tribe, or Canida, are so easily 

 recognised that a brief summary of characters will suffice on this 

 occasion. They all have long, pointed muzzles, digitigradc feet 

 furnished with non-retractile claws, four hind and usually five front toes, 

 and moderately long, well-haired tails with a glandular patch on the 

 upper surface near the root. The size of the pointed cars varies con- 

 siderably in the different species. The teeth arc of the general type of 



