STRIPED HYENA. 17 j 
J wait, concealed in a tree, for the approach of fallow deer, hare, j 
| and the smaller quadrupeds generally ; it seizes its victim by the | 
1 throat, and after drinking the blood abandons the carcass and ( 
goes in search of fresh game. Its sight is remarkably keen and [ 
quick, and espies its prey at a long distance. It is asserted that j 
it will eat no more of a goat or a sheep than the brain, liver and f 
intestines. The red lynx is found in all northern parts of the j 
world, and is hunted for its skin, which is greatly esteemed for its I 
soft thick fur, and which is largely exported from Northern Eu- j 
rope and America. When attacked by a dog, it lies on its back, [ 
) strikes desperately with its claws, and frequently vanquishes its ( 
) assailant. Its manner of howling is not very dissimilar to that ' 
of the wolf, for whom it is, often taken, but there is nothing in j 
) common with the two animals. 
THE STRIPED HYENA. 
he Striped Hyena is a native of Barbary, Egypt, Abyssinia, 
j Nubia, Syria, Persia and the East Indies. So striking are 
the characteristics of this animal, that it is hardly possible 
to be deceived by them. It is, perhaps, the only quadruped 
which has only four toes to either the fore or hind feet; its ears 
are long, straight, and nearly bare; its head is more square and 
shorter than that of the wolf ; its legs, especially the hind ones, 
are longer ; its eyes are placed like those of the dog;, the hair and 
mane are of a brownish grey, with transverse dark brown or black- 
ish bands on the body. Its height ranges from eighteen to tw 
