Matsya Purana 237.4

237.4

divārātriñcarāvāpi rātrāvapi divācarāḥ.
grāmyāstyajanti grāmañca śūnyatāṃ tasya nirdiśet .. 237.3 ..

The roaming about freely of the animals in course of the night, that usually prowl in the day and vice versa as well as the desertion of their usual habitation by the village animals forebode the desolation of the place where such things occur.—3. The sauntering about of the dogs and other animals of habitation in a circle in the evening, and their waiting in an unpleasant chorus, also forebode the desolation of the place where they do so—4