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those on the spine of the Striped Hyasna. They hang 

 down on each side, whitish-gray at their base, and blackish- 

 brown thence to the tip, so that the whole fur appears of 

 an uniform brown colour, only on the fore-legs and hind- 

 feet there are some transverse bands, whitish-brown ; the 

 insides of the legs under the belly and tail are whitish-gray, 

 and there is gray and brown on the head. 



This individual is a small degree less than the common 

 striped species. 



There appear also to be two varieties of the Spotted Hyasna. 



One whitish-gray, a little inclining to yellow, with cir- 

 cular pure brown spots on the flanks and thighs ; those 

 of the shoulder form a band, which is continued as a longi- 

 tudinal brown line on each side of the neck ; the feet 

 whitish, a little red towards the bottom ; the tail annulated, 

 whitish, and brown at the base, and blackish two-thirds 

 down ; the head, of the same general colour as the back, 

 has a little brown on the cheeks, and some red on the tip. 



The other has more fur, of a red gray colour ; the under 

 part of the neck and body only is whitish ; indistinct black 

 spots are to be seen on the flanks, crupper, and thighs, and 

 there is also a black band on each side the throat ; the legs 

 and feet are blackish, but the inner side of the fore-legs is 

 reddish-white; the tail, red the first half, is black for the 

 remainder ; the head is red, with blackish on the forehead 

 and between the eyes ; the under part of the forehead is 

 reddish-brown. This appears to be the most common va- 

 riety in the vicinity of the Cape. 



The Baron Cuvier, who describes these varieties, is de- 

 cided in his opinion upon the diversity of the striped and 

 spotted species. He observes it would be important to de- 

 termine the limits of the country which each species occu- 

 pies ; but we know too little of the natural history of inter- 

 tropical Africa for this purpose. 



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