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The last variety noticed is the Dog with hair so short as to ap- 

 |)car naked like the Canis JEgt/ptius. It is known to Europeans by 

 the name of the Volijgdr Dog. 



Canis pallii'ES, Sykes. — Lnndgah of the Mahrattas. 



Ca7i. sordide riifescenti-edbidus ; dorso nigrescenti Jerrngineoqne 

 vario ; pedibus totis j)(illide Jerrugineis : Cauda sublonga pen- 

 dente. 



This is the Wolfoi Dukhun, Its head is elongated, and its muzzle 

 acuminated: a groove exists between the nostrils. Eyes oblique: 

 irides yellowish bright brown. Ears narrow, ovate, erect ; small 

 for the length of the head. Tail pendent, thin but bushy, extend- 

 ing below the os calcis. General colour of the fur a dirty reddish 

 white or whited brown. Along the back and tail very many of the 

 hairs are tipped black, mixed with others tipped ferruginous. The 

 tail ends in a black tip. The inner surface of the limbs, the throat, 

 breast and belly, dirty white. Legs pale. From the ears to the 

 eyes reddish grey, with a great number of short black hairs inter- 

 mixed ; from the eyes to the nostrils, light ferruginous. The fur 

 from the occiput to the insertion of (he tail is two or three inches 

 long, gradually shortening as it approaches (he sides ; hence all 

 over the body very short and lying close. 



The description is taken from two three-parts grown animals. 



Length from tip of nose to insertion of tail 35 to 37 inches ; of 

 the tail 11 to 12 inches ; the hair extending two inches beyond the 

 measurement. 



These animals are numerous in the open stony plains of Dukhun ; 

 but are not met with in the woods of the Ghauts. 



Canis aureus, Linn. Kholah of the Mahrattas. — Jackals are 

 numerous in Dukhun. Major Sykes had in his possession at the 

 same time a very large wild male and a domesticated female. 

 The odour of the wild animal was almost unbearable. That of 

 the domesticated Jachal was scarcely perceptible. 



Canis Kokree, Sykes. — Kokree of the Mahrattas. 



Can. suprh riifescenti-griseus, itifra sordide olbus ; caudce comosa; 

 apice tiigro ; pedibus riifescentibus : pupilki elongatd. 



The Fox of Dukhun appears to be new to science, although it 

 much resembles the descriptions of the Corsac. It is a very pretty 

 animal, but much smaller than the European Fox. Head short ; 

 muzzle very sharp. Eyes oblique: irides nut brown. Legs very 

 slender. Tail trailing on the ground ; very bushy. Along the back 

 and on the forehead fawn colour with hair having a white ring near 

 to its tip. Back, neck, between the eyes, along the sides and half 

 way down the tail reddish grey, each hair being banded black and 

 reddish white. All the legs reddish outside, reddish white inside. 

 Chin and throat dirty white. Along the belly reddish white. 

 Ears externally dark brown, and with the fur so short as to be 

 scarcely discoverable. Edges of eyelids black. Muzzle red brown. 



Length ^2 and 224 inches : of the tail 1 H to 12 inches. 



Viverra Jndica, Geoff'., {Viv. liasse, Horsf) Juivadee Manjur, 



