240 ZOOLOGY. 



and only the long wailing howl, a shrill representation 

 of the noise made by a dog when "baying the moon," 

 is uttered. 



The foUowing are the dimensions of two very fine 

 Abyssinian jackals, male and female, shot, the first close 

 to Senafe, the second at Halai : — 



Male. Female, 

 ft. in. ft. in. 



Length from nose to between ears 7f 7^ 



„ „ between ears to rump 2 1 11 



„ of tail, 10 in. ; hairs beyond end, 3 in. . . 1 1 1 OJ 



Total length from nose to tip of tail, measured 



along the curve of the back 3 8} 3 7 



Length of body from shoulder to rump, measured 



along the side 18 — 



Height at shoulder 1 8J 1 6 



Girth of neck — 10 



„ body behind shoulder — 14^ 



Length of ear .... — 05 



Longest hairs in moustache Z\ — 



The skull of the male above mentioned is 6 "7 inches 

 long, 3"4 wide at the zygomata, and 2'75 high measured 

 through the front of the orbit.^ 



About Annesley Bay there was a small kind' of 

 jackal, with long legs and longish ears, of a rather 

 pale sandy colour, and very slight buUd. I never suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a specimen. It was probably Cards 

 riparius, Hempr. and Ehr., described in the " Symbolae 

 Physicse." 



' The skuU of an old specimen of C. aureus, in the British Museum, 

 measures in inches, — length, 5'76 ; breadth, 3"1 ; height, 2'7 ; and the 

 teeth are much smaller than in C. va/riegatus, which is evidently a larger and 

 more powerful animal. 



