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MeMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 34 ; Stoliczka % A. S. B., xVi, p. 227 ; 



Atkinson N. W. P. Gasett., xi, p. l8; Blanford Persia, p. 42 ; Alston 



P. Z. S., 1877, p. 273, and 1880, p. 53; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 38; 



Sterndale Mamm. Tnd., p. 20S ; Thomas P. Z. S., t886, p. 56 ; Blanford 



Mammals, p. 132; Radde Zool. y. B., iv, p. 1021, 

 Hyaena orientalis, Tiedemann Zool., i, p. 350 (1808). 

 Hyaena fasciata, Thunberg Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Handl., p. 59 (1820). 

 Hyaena antiquorum, Temminck Ann. Gen. Sci. Pkys., iii, p. 51 (1820)*. 

 Hyaena vulgaris, Desmarest Mamm., p. 215 (1820) ; Sykes P. Z. S., 1831, 



p. 102 ; Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. 103 ; Walker Calc. Journ. N. /{.,■ 



iii, p. 266 ; Hutton J, A. S. B., xiv, p. 345. 



The Striped Hyaena; Kirba, Kutkirba, Canarese; Turras, 

 Mahrathi ; Hondar, Lakrabagha, Jhirak, Bhagiah, Hindustani ; 

 Lankrabagh, Bengali ; Renhra, Central India ; Cherrag, Sind. 



Distribution. — North Africa as far as the Senegal. Asia Minor, 

 Palestine (Tristram), Euphrates valley, Baluchistan, Persia (Blan- 

 ford), and Transcaspia. In India common in dry open country, 

 ?'.«., Sind (Murray), Kutch (Stoliczka) ; Kumaon submountain tracts 

 (Atkinson), Southern India (Sykes and Elliot), and Assam ? 

 (Walker). Not found in Ceylon or east of the Bay of Bengal. 



a. Skin, skull ^ ■ Zoological Gardens, 1876. 



b. Skin $ Purchased, 1879; 



c. Stuffed Barrackpore MenagerieiiSfig.) 



d. Stuffed Benares, N.-W. P. Purchased, 1870. 



e. Stuffed juv. • L. C. Mullins, 1867. 



/. Stuffed, skull Midnapur, Bengal W. Rutledge, 1874. 



juv, 



g. Skeleton $ Zoological Gardens, 1878. 



h. Skeleton j No history. 



juv. 



j-l. 3 Skulls A. S. B. 



m. Skull Agra, N.-W. P. J. Cockburn, 1881 ' P.] 



n-o. 2 Skulls Banda, N.-W. P. J. Cockburn, 1881. 



p. Skull Manbhoom, Bengal R. C. Beavan, 1865,. A. S.B. 



g. Skull Agra, N.-W. P. ]. Cockburn, 1879. 



r. Skin nr. Benares, N.-W. P- No history. 



s~v. 4 Skulls Banda dist., N.-W. P. ]. Cockburn, 1881. 



Hyaena crocuta. 



Canis crocuta, Erxteben Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 578 (1777). 



Hyaena maculata., Zimmermann, Spec. Geogr. Quad., p. 470 (1777). 



Hya.ena. crocuta, Zimmermann Geogr. Gesckickte, i\, p. 256 ^1780); Blyth 



Cat., p. 43 ; Blanford Abyssinia, p. 235. 

 Hyaena capensis, Desmarest Mamm., p. 216 (1820). 

 Crocuta maculata. Gray P. Z. S., p. 525 (1868) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



p. 213. 



Distribution.— 'kincdi, south of Sahara. 



a. Skin, skull i Abyssinian Highlands 



b. Skull ? Somali land 



W. T. Blanford. 

 Messrs. Speke and Burton, 

 A.S.B. 



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