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Mr. H. S. L. Beadnell sends the following field-notes:— 
‘"Jackals are remarkably common in the oases of Baharieh, Dakhel, and Khargeh. 
They live in the desert surrounding the cultivated land, and descend from the small 
gullies and hills at sunset, making their way into the palm-groves and gardens, where 
they often make the night hideous with their howls. At Dakhel they appear to live 
chiefly on fruit, which is plentiful, and consists of dates, mulberries, apricots, &c. at 
different seasons. 
“In the north of the Fayum the jackals which inhabit the scrub and desert 
surrounding the lake, the Birket el Qurun (Lake of the Horns), live entirely on fish, 
Avith which this lake abounds, and which are easily caught along the shalloAv margins, 
and are also commonly seen stranded. One jackal I shot had nothing besides fish and 
fish-bones in its stomach, consequently the beast had a strong smell. 
“ I have seen jackals abroad in the daytime, and remember seeing a couple on the 
plateau near Qabrat, south-west of Assiut, being tormented by a flock of ravens, who 
Avere flying round and giving them vicious nips whenever opportunity occurred. 
Unlike the hyaena, they often congregate together at night near one’s tent, and keep 
up an infernal din for hours; their cry is usually a long hoAvl broken into a number of 
yelping notes at the end. Like hyaenas, jackals do not penetrate any distance into 
the desert.” 
Canis variegatus, Cretzschm. (Plate XXXI.) 
“ Sea Fox/’ Salt, Voy. Abyss. 1814, p. 172, App. iv. p. xl. 
Cams variegatus, Cretzschm. Riipp. Atlas, 1826, p. 31, pi. 10; de Wintoii, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, 
p. 537. 
Cams riparius, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. 1832 ; Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 
1870, pp. 14 & 240. 
Vulpes variegata, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 516. 
Canis anthus, Mivart, Catiidse, 1890, p. 41 (partira). 
Cams hagenbecki, Noack, Zool. Garten, 1894, p. 244. 
d > ? , d • Plain of Tokar. 
In size and weight very much smaller than C. lupaster. Form very lank; ears large. 
Colour pale. The general colour is pale buff, washed and blotched with black on the 
back and tail. The face in front of the eyes, the crown of the head, the ears, and both 
tore and hind legs rather warmer in colour or more rufous. 
The skull is very little larger than that of the red fox, Vulpes cegyptiaca, but is 
easily distinguished by its arched forehead and less widely expanded maxillary portion 
of the zygomatic arch. The sagittal crest also ends posteriorly in a point, Avhereas in 
