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losity above each; the general colour a foxy ferru- 
ginous red, varying to lighter shades on the belly 
and inside the thighs. The action of the animal, in 
confinement, was restless in the extreme ; and while 
in the presence of human beings, or if teazed, it 
emitted a most fetid urine. The voice was more of 
a cry than a bark. 
We place in the Chrysean group also several 
wild canines of the great Australian islands, which 
seem by their external characters to belong to this 
type, although they are provided with the second 
tubercular molar, wanting in the former. Among 
these the best known is 
