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ncnt varieties. (Barou. v. Hugel's Kasclimir iv, S. 570.) (1) Herpestes 

 jtcilliiJiis, Wagu. : " major ferrugineo-lutesceus, pilis e ferruginco-fusco et 

 pallide hiteo annulatis; pedibus saturatioribus," 17" 2"'. H. Malaccensis s. 

 Ntuifios Fr. Cuv. : " minor, fusco-lutesceus, pilis e uigro et pallide lutco- 

 annulatis; pedibus pallidioribus," 13" 9'". Both from India. Of the 

 Viverra genctta, Lesson, in his published catalogue, informs us that it is 

 pretty common in the oak-woods of Fourras, and that not a year elapsed 

 without sundry specimens being killed. Rochebruue states that he has only 

 seen three individuals of the Genet brought to market from the Departement 

 de la Charente, and that it occurs but seldom in the great woods between 

 Larochefoucault and Couolens. 



CANINA. Temminck has commenced, in the second 

 Decade of the Fauna Japonica, the description of the Japa- 

 nese Dogs. 



According to the accounts given by Fr. v. Siebold the Japanese dis- 

 tinguish from each other three races of the domestic Doc/. The one is 

 the sporting Dog, known by its straight ears, pointed muzzle, and slen- 

 der form : the hairy coat usually short and smooth, of varied colour, but 

 mostly yellowish red, or white, with bright brown or black spots. Its food 

 consists, like that of the other races, in fish ; and it is used for hunting. 

 The other race is the street Dog or Cur, which belongs not to one but all 

 kinds of streets. It is less slender than the other, and the body thicker ; 

 ears dependent, fur longer, the tail being recurved and very hairy. It is found 

 of all colours, among others of a foxy red. The house Dog has been intro- 

 duced from China. 



The wild Japanese Dog, Jamaiun of the Chinese (Canis hodophylax, 

 Teimn. ? ), is similar to our Wolf, but smaller, and shorter in the legs. 

 The fur is short and smooth, but the tail is clothed with long hairs ; the con- 

 dition of the fur, as well as its colouring, differs slightly from that of the 

 Wolf. The body measures 2" 9", the tail about 1', the height of the 

 shoulder 1' !", ears 3". Its mode of living is that of our Dog. The Fox 

 so frequently met with in Japan is, according to Temminck, identical with 

 Canis vulpes. 



E. v. Baer has communicated to the Bullet de la Classe 

 Physico-mathem. de 1'Acad. de Petersb. 1844, ii, p. 47, new 

 documents touching the migration of Foxes in a southerly 

 direction. 



In the year 1842 a fresh individual was captured in the neighbourhood 'of 

 Petersburg, and two others (a male and female) killed in Courlaud, on the 

 borders of Lithuania, nearly under 56 Br. So far as the narrator could 



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