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Show 1899.] THE C VNIDcE OF AFRICA. 541 expressed as " Wa-ah, wah, wah, wah," and when examining some suspicious-looking object it gives out a low growl ending in a suppressed bark. The skull is short and strong, and the muzzle much broader than in C. variegatus; the squamosal portions of the zygomata are very much expanded ; the nasal bones are short, being almost invariably shorter than the maxillary processes ; there is a deep depression in the middle line of the very broad forehead ; the carnassial teeth are very powerful and much larger than those of C. lateralis. C. variegatus seems to m e to be the only Jackal of which the skull can possibly be confused with that of this species, but not only the muzzle but the skull throughout is much narrower in proportion to its length. I give simple length and breadth measurements (iu millim.) of the largest and smallest entire skulls of these two species that have come under m y notice :-• C. variegatus. Large 8 ,from highlands of Abyssinia (Blauford), 172 x 90. Small and quite young specimen from Nubia (Burton), 145 x 78. C. mesomelas. Adult from Ukamba, B. E. Afr. (Jackson), 151 x 88. Young specimen from Ukamba (Harrison), 146 x 83. CANIS LATERALIS. (Fig. 5.) ? Canis adustus, Sundev. (Ef vers. K.Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1846, p. 121 (?); Mivart, Canida,, p. 49, pl. (1890). Vulpes adusta, Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 515. Canis lateralis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 279, pl. xxiii. Canis holubi, Lorenz, Verb. Ges. Wien, 1895, p. 110. ? Canis wunderliclii, Noack, Zool. Anz. no. 548, 1897, p. 519. Skull of €anis lateralis, £ nat. size. (B.M. 92.12.3.8.) General colour of the body-fur grey-drab, the majority of the hairs black-tipped, the face, ears, flanks, and legs being likewise heavily mixed with black, though the underfur of the face and legs |
