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Show ;,'£ DR. J. E.GIUY ON THE CANID^. [June2f», C. melanotus, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. i. 44. Karagan, Schreb. Saugeth. 359. Karagan Fox, Shaw. Hab. Ural and Tartary. 15. VULPES CORSAC. Corsac. B.M. Canis corsac, Linn. S. N. i. 223; Tiles. Nov. Acta Acad. Nat. Cur. xi. 400, t. 49; Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. i. 41, t. 4 ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 5 (skull). Vulpes corsac, Gray, List M a m m . B. M . 62. Ilsatis or Adive, Buffon, H. N. Suppl. iii. t. 17. Corsac Fox, Penn. Corsac, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. 155. Hab. Tartary, in deserts; Siberia. ***** Large. American. 16. VULPES PENNSYLVANICA. B.M. Hair long, silky and soft; tail very full, composed of an under-fur with long hair distributed uniformly among it. Tail with a white tip; feet and ears black. Ears wiih both sides covered with hair. Canis fulvus, Rich. Fauna B.-Amer. 93, 1829; Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quadr. ii. 263, 414, t. 87, 116, iii. 70; Desm. M a m m . 203. C. argentatus, Shaw, Zool. i. 328. C. vulpes, var. I. pennsylvanicus, Bodd. Elench. i. 96, 1784. C. decussatus, Geoff. Mus. Par. ; Desm. M a m m . 203. C. cruciger, Schreb. Saugeth. t. 91a. Renard argente, Charlerois, N . France, i. 196 ; Cuv. R. A. i. 155 ; Geoff. M a m m . Lithogr. Renard de Virginie, Palisot de Beauvois, Bull. Soc. Philom. Pennsylvanian Brant Fox, Penn. Vulpes fulvus, S. Baird, N . A. M a m . 123 ; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of M a m m . 85. Canis vulpes nigra americana, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 2 (skeleton). Hab. North America. Var. 1. fulva. " Reddish yellow ; back behind grizzly ; throat greeniih ; a narrow line on the belly white ; ears behind, and tips of caudal hairs, except terminal brush, black." Skulls 173 a, b, c, d. Var. 2. decussata. "Muzzle and underparts, with the legs, black ; tail blacker than in var. 1; a dark band between the shoulders, crossed by another over the shoulders." Canis decussata, Desm. B.M. C. fulvus decussatus, Rich., Baird. Vulpes fulvus decussatus, Aud. & Bach. Cross Fox. Var. 3. argentata. " Entirely black, except on the posterior part of the back, where the hairs are annulated with grey; tail-tip white ; " foot-pads often covered with hair. |
