CATALOGUE. 81 



Canis aureus indicus, Hodgson, Asiatic Researches, XVIII. 



p. 232, with a figure. 

 Lupus aureus, Kcempfer. 

 SRIGALA, Sanskrit. 



Sjechaal persis, inde Anglis the Jackal, et Belgis der Jak- 



hals, K&mpfer, Amoen. exotica, 1712, fas. II. p. 412. 



Schakall, S. C. Gmelins Riese, HI. p. 80. Penn., Quadr. 



I. p. 261. 



Jackal, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. 304. 

 JACKHALS, of the Dutch, Kolbe. 

 KHOLAH, of the Mahrattas, Sykes. 

 KOLAH and SHIGHAL, Dukhani, Elliot. 

 NARI, Canarese, Elliot. 



HAB. Southern Russia and Greece, in Europe. In Asia, 

 Syria, Persia, and the entire of India westward of the 

 Brahmaputar. 

 A. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 



" The Jackal of Dukhun," Colonel Sykes informs us, " appears to 

 be identical with the Levantine and Persian Jackal. They are nume- 

 rous in Dukhun, and are terrible depredators in the Vineyards. They 

 are easily domesticated when taken young. I had a very large wild 

 male and a domesticated female in my possession at the same time. 

 The odour of the wild animal was almost unbearable ; that of the 

 domesticated jackal was scarcely perceptible." 



Walter Elliot, Esq., states : " The native sportsmen universally be- 

 lieve that an old Jackal, which they call bhalu, is in constant attendance 

 on the tiger, and whenever his cry is heard, which is peculiar and dif- 

 ferent from that of the Jackal generally, the vicinity of the tiger is con- 

 fidently pronounced. I have heard the cry attributed to the bhalu fre- 

 quently." (Madras Journ. of Lit. and Sc. X. p. 102.) 



The Jackal surpasses all animals of the canine family in the boldness 

 and impudence of its depredations. It prowls at night in packs some- 

 times exceeding one hundred in number ; it approaches persons during 

 their sleep, and carries off boots, shoes, harness, and all articles made 

 of leather. Kotzebue says, " its howl shakes the very soul ; it is, 

 besides, very bold, and sneaks during the night into the camp to steal 

 the soldiers' boots. When very hungry, it enters churchyards, and 

 digs up bodies recently buried." (Travels in Persia, p. 62.) Captain 

 Beechey compares the howl of the Jackal to a gigantic musical concert. 

 " It must be confessed that it has something in it rather appalling 



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