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ported to have quite as much instinct and discern- 
ment as the familiar breeds, but it is not as yet 
known what their temper may be when grown up. 
The species belongs to the woody and rocky moun- 
tain ranges between the Sutleje and the Boorham- 
pootra, but it is found, with some distinctive features 
of race or variety, more to the south, in the Pindya 
hills, the Ghauts, the Nielgherries, the Casiahi hills, 
in South Bahar, and Orissa, to the coast of Coro- 
mandel. Among these, 
The Kolsun, or Canis Dukhunensis of Col. Sykes, 
is stated to be a mere variety of the above, having 
a similar skull and dentition, but differing in the 
colours of the fur being somewhat paler and the 
quantity less dense; a difference which may be 
ascribed to the latitude and the habitat being both 
lower, and therefore much warmer. Colonel Sykes’s 
specimen had the head elongated and compressed, the 
nose not very sharp, the eyes oblique, pupils round, 
irides light brown, the expression of the counte- 
nance similar to a coarse ill-tempered Persian grey- 
hound, distinct from all other wild canines ; the ears 
were erect, long, somewhat rounded, without fold of 
the tragus; limbs remarkably large and strong in 
relation to the bulk of the body; neck long; body 
elongated ; between the eyes and nose red brown; 
end of the tail blackish; general colour red, paler 
beneath ; the tail pendulous and bushy. Length 
from nose to tail thirty-three inches; tail eight 
inches and a half; height at the shoulder sixteen 
inches and a half. 
