CATALOGUE. 71 



b. and d. HY^ININA and CANINA, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. 

 List. XIX. 



Genus HYAENA, Brisson et al. 



CANIS Spec., Linn, et al. 



100. HYAENA STRIATA, Zimmerm., Geogr. Gesch. II. 

 p. 256. 



Hyaena vulgaris, Desmar., Mamm. p. 215. Sykes, Cat. 



Dukh. Mamm. p. 8. Bennett, Tower Menagerie, p. 71, 



with a figure. Elliot, Cat. Mamm. of Southern Mah- 



ratta Country, p. 103. 



Canis hyaena, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. XII., I. p. 58, et Gmel. 



I.p.ll. 



The Striped Hyaena. 

 TURRUS, of the Mahrattas, Sykes. 



TARAS, Dukhani, KIRBA and KUTT KIRBA, Canarese, Elliot. 



HAB. Turkey, Persia, India, and the neighbouring countries 



in Asia. Barbary, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, in Africa. 



A. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 



The specimen presented to the Company's Museum was a native of 

 Dukhun, where, Colonel Sykes informs us, " Hyaenas are numerous. 

 They are susceptible of the same domestication as a dog. A specimen 

 given by me to the Zoological Society was allowed to run about my 

 house at Poona. On board ship it was in the habit of gambolling like 

 a dog. It allowed persons to put their hands into its mouth without 

 attempting to bite ill-naturedly. It was fed on rice and clarified butter." 

 (Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1831, July 12.) 



In the year 1833, Colonel Sykes contributed the following additional 

 information on the habits of the Hyaena to the Zoological- Society : 

 " After a lapse of two years, the specimen above mentioned had at- 

 tained its full growth, and I am happy to be enabled to confirm the 



opinions I formerly advanced My visits to the Gardens have (of 



late) been rare, and at long intervals, nor have I ever carried it food. 

 I anticipated, therefore, that it would outgrow its early associations, and 

 that I should be to it as any other stranger, but it has always greeted 

 me not only as an acquaintance, but as an old friend ; and if I am to 

 judge from its agitation and peculiar cries, the animal's recognition is 

 that of affection. 



" On Sunday last it was asleep in its cage when I approached. On 



