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often troublesome to travellers, whose horses and 
donkeys are often frightened and even damaged by 
it, while the Striped Hyaena, H. striata^ is a smaller 
and more cowardly carrion-feeder, only now and then 
dangerous to dogs, young goats, or sheep. Close to 
the Hyaenas stands also the curious little Aard-Wolf 
or Earth-Wolf of the Afrikanders, Proteles cristatus 
of zoologists. Another interesting animal is the little 
‘‘ Eacoon-Dog,” Nyctereutes procyonides, of North- 
Eastern Asia and Japan. 
The Fox (Cams vulpes) is represented in its 
Siberian, light, and long-coated variety, and the Arctic 
white Fox (C. lagopus) is also on view. Of the 
Wolf {Cams lupus) there is a very powerful Siberian 
specimen. 
On turning round we find ourselves facing the corner 
case of one of the central rows, in which the 
Cat'tribe, or Felidae, 
are to be seen. There is in front of us a magnificent 
Jaguar, Felis onca, and also the very rare totally 
black variety of the same, as well as a black Leopard, 
Felis pardus, and an ordinary coloured one, and 
good Pumas, Felis concolor^ of diflPerent varieties. 
Returning along the passage by which we came, 
we find a magnificent Tiger and Lion, and a hybrid 
between these two very different animals, which was 
bred in a menagerie in Austria. Besides Wildcats 
