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smaller size, shorter coat, and less powerful teeth. The yellow in this 

 race is of the buff tint characteristic of the Cape animal, and thus 

 decidedly different from the richer and more orange hue found in the 

 East African representative of the species. At the same time the 

 Zulu hunting-dog was distinguished by Mr. Thomas as L. p. zuhiensis. 

 It is a small animal, profusely mottled on the back with white as well 

 as yellow and black, of which the two last are in nearly equal propor- 

 tions. The fur is long and coarse ; the backs of the ears are blackish ; 

 the black streak on the back of the head stops short of the nape ; the 

 under-parts are tricoloured ; the throat is black, without any white 

 hairs ; the limbs are mottled with black and pale buffish yellow ; and 

 the tail has a large white brush, occupying more than half its length. 

 To the race from the Shari river district Messrs. Thomas and Wroughton 

 {Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. xix. p. 375, 1907) have given the 

 name L. p. sJiaricus. 



From the foregoing it will be evident that the range of the hunt- 

 ing-dog extends from Somaliland to the Cape ; on the western side, it 

 may be added, the species apparently occurs as far north as Angola. 



The following particulars with regard to the habits of hunting-dogs 

 in South Africa are condensed from notes furnished by Mr. F. 

 Vaughan Kirby : 



" These dogs are found throughout south-east Africa in suitable 

 localities, but have been driven away from nearly all civilised, or 

 partially civilised centres, except in Cape Colony, where the enormous 

 tracts of scrub- bush offer a secure haven of refuge. In the Portuguese 

 ' Provincia de Mozambique ' I have not met with them, nor do I think 

 they occur there ; in fact, they are far less numerous throughout the 

 regions north of the Zambesi than to the south of that river. They 

 have three distinct cries : a short bark when they arc suddenly 

 encountered in the bush, or some strange object attracts their attention ; 

 a voluble chattering, frequently harshly guttural, made by a troop 

 when excited, or after they have run down their prey ; and a clear, 

 single, musical call-note, often heard at sunrise when scattered members 

 of a troop are calling to their comrades. Like other dogs, they arc 

 thirsty animals, and usually drink after sunrise, again at mid-day, and 

 in the evening ; and at mid-day, when the ' pack ' has finished drinking, 

 I have often seen them taking a sun-bath in the sand. Bold and 

 inquisitive, when disturbed they trot away in front of an intruder, but 

 frequently stand and bark at him ; and I have heard of an instance of 

 a man on the tramp who was pursued by a pack of these dogs and 

 forced to take refuge at a sportsman's waggon, where the pursuit was 



