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to the nose. Others have more rufous on the hind legs, together with 

 some black on the thighs, rump, and tip of the tail. 



" The wolves of the Southern Mahratta country generally hunt in 

 packs, and I have seen them in full chase after the goat antelope (Ga- 

 zella arabica) . They likewise steal round the herd of Antilope cervica- 

 pra, and conceal themselves on different sides till an opportunity offers 

 of seizing one of them unawares, as they approach, whilst grazing, to 

 one or other of their hidden assailants. On one occasion, three wolves 

 were seen to chase a herd of gazelle across a ravine, in which two 

 others were lying in wait. They succeeded in seizing a female gazelle, 

 which was taken from them. They have frequently been seen to course 

 and run down hares and foxes ; and it is a common belief of the ryots 

 that in the open plains, where there is no cover or concealment, they 

 scrape a hole in the earth, in which one of the pack lies down and 

 remains hid, while the others drive the herd of antelopes over him. 

 Their chief prey, however, is sheep, and the shepherds say that part of 

 the pack attack and keep the dogs in play, while others carry off their 

 prey ; and that, if pursued, they follow the same plan, part turning and 

 checking the dogs, while the rest drag away the carcass, till they evade 

 pursuit. Instances are not uncommon of their attacking man. In 

 1824, upwards of thirty children were devoured by wolves in the 

 purgannah of Rone. Sometimes a large wolf is seen to seek his prey 

 singly: these are called won-tola, and are reckoned particularly fierce. 



" Length from muzzle to insertion of the tail, 36 to 37 inches ; do. 

 of the tail, 16 to 17J inches." 



Colonel Sykes informs us " that the wolves of Dukhun are numerous 

 in the open stony plains, but are not met with in the woods of the 

 Ghauts." 



Mr. Hodgson states that " the common wolf is numerous in the 

 plains, but he has never seen or heard of them in the Himalayas." 

 (J. A. S. B. XI. p. 596.) 



105. CANIS ANTHUS, Fr. Cuv., Mamm. lithogr. fasc. 17. 



Canis anthus, Ruppell, Zool. Atl. p. 44, t. 17. Desmar., 

 Mamm. p. 201. Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 181. 

 Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 59. 

 DIEB, Arab. 



HAS. Nubia ; Ruppell. Abyssinia, Harris. Senegal, Fred. 

 Cuv. 



A. From Sir W. C. Harris's Zoological Collection during 

 his Mission to Abyssinia. 



