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If so, that type will be established on a firm basis, (whe- 

 ther generic or sub-generic matters not,) although neither 

 the soft viscera nor the osseous frame offer any marked pe- 

 culiarities ;* the dogs proper, jackalls, and foxes being, like 

 the buansus, constructed upon one model in both these 

 last respects. I have already noticed that Colonel Smith's 

 wild pariars appear to be apochryphal. The tame ones 

 have invariably the second tubercular, which is deficient in 

 the cuonian type. Oft his type, I hope, ere long, to procure 

 from Sikim or Chota Nagpoor, a second very marked and 

 greyhound-like species, the existence of which is confidently 

 announced to me by Dr. Campbell and Lieutenant Tickell. 

 Recently I have ascertained beyond a doubt, that the typical 

 species, or primsevus, is as common in the mountains west 

 and east of Nepal as in Nepal itself ; that it breeds in Janu- 

 ary and February, and then only per annum; and that it 

 produces at least as many as six whelps at one litter : for that 

 number I have obtained along with their mother. To rear the 

 young is excessively difficult, as my frequent failures of late 

 proves ; and I may add, in illustration of the rooted opinion 

 of the country respecting the natural antipathy of these wild 

 dogs to the larger races of the felinae, that my want of suc- 

 cess was predicted, because I would obstinately insist on 

 keeping leopards in the vicinity of the buansus. 



The accompanying sketchesf convey a most lively idea 

 of the aspect of our typical species ; the generic character of 

 which may perhaps be stated with sufficient fulness thus : — 



Canine. 



Genus Cuon, (kvcov.) 



General structure and dentition of Canis ; but the molars 

 only I 6 , the second tubercular behind the carnassier being 



* See the subjoined memoranda, for which I am indebted to the aid 

 of Doctor Campbell. 



f Sketches not received. — Ed. 



