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which are not white are considerably paler in colour than the upper 

 portions. Many of the hairs on the sides of the body and haunches are 

 blackish for a part of their length. 



This is a fine, bright-coloured, somewhat foxy-looking wolf, with a 

 handsome bushy tail. It is chiefly remarkable for the extreme length 

 and slenderness of the snout ; while, as regards dentition, the premolars are 

 small and curiously far apart. The dentition is very well shown in a plate 

 accompanying the late Dr. Gray's description, in the Proceedings of Zoological 

 Society, 1868, p. 506. 



It would be extremely interesting to know if this handsome wolf still 

 survives in Abyssinia in any numbers. Modern travellers and sportsmen 

 apparently make no mention of it. It is of course to be remembered that 

 the interior of Abyssinia is still but little known and explored. 



H. A. Bryden. 



THE HUNTING-DOG 



The single representative of this genus (L. pictus) differs from the true 

 dogs, wolves, and foxes by having only four toes on the front as well as on 

 the hind feet, as well as by its peculiar blotchy coloration, which recalls to 

 some extent that of the spotted hyaena. Indeed the whole appearance of 

 the animal is more that of a hyaena than of an ordinary member of the dog 

 family. 



The African Hunting-Dog {Lycaon pictus) 



Wilde-Hond of the Boers ; Inkentshane of the Zulus ; 'Budaja of the 

 Swazis ; Matshabidi of the Basuto ; Letl/mlerwa of the Bechuanas 



This pest of the Colonial farmer and of the sportsman's Africa is a 

 singular-looking beast, in general appearance much resembling the typical 



