CANIS. 467 



468. vigilis (Canis), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xi, 1897, p. 33. 

 COLIMA COYOTE. 



Type locality. Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Colima, Mexico; range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to C. peninsula ; darker. 



Color. Upper parts mixed buffy ochraceous and black; nose 

 rufous; top of head fulvous and black; under parts pale fulvous; legs 

 and feet fulvous mixed with black on hind leg; tail similar to that of 

 the other forms, above like back, beneath basally whitish, rest 

 fulvous. 



Measurements. Total length, 1155; tail vertebrae, 335; hind foot, 

 190. Skull: basal length, 166; Hensel, 163; zygomatic breadth, 87; 

 palatal length, 85 ; mastoid breadth, 59 ; crown of upper sectorial, 17.5. 



469. clepticus (Canis), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., in, 1903, p. 



225. Zoology. 

 THIEVISH COYOTE. 



Type locality. Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower 

 California, Mexico; 9,000 feet elevation. 



Genl. Char. Summer pelage reddish; size small. Skull short, 

 broad; braincase and across postorbital processes wide, the latter 

 long; nasals rather short, narrow; rostrum narrow; pterygoid fossa 

 broad, long; outline of bullse on basioccipital not approaching pos- 

 teriorly; palate wide between molars; occipital crest prominent; 

 teeth small, weak; tail short, bushy. 



Color. September. Nose cinnamon rufous; cheeks mixed gray 

 and black; upper lip, chin, and between jaws grizzled grayish white; 

 top of head grizzled black, gray, and fulvous; back of ears, occiput, 

 and back of neck deep buffy ochraceous, uniform; rest of upper parts 

 tawny, or tawny ochraceous with numerous white-tipped hairs inter- 

 mingled ; lower part of throat white ; sides of neck and collar beneath 

 throat buff; chest, abdomen, and inner sides of thighs near body 

 white; rest of under parts grizzled grayish buff and black; shoulders 

 pale buffy ochraceous; fore and hind legs rich fulvous; feet paler, 

 whitish on toes at base of claws; tail tawny ochraceous, white at base 

 beneath; inner side and edge of ears white; new hairs of the winter 

 pelage black with white tips. 



August examples in greatly worn pelage are darker, tawny, with 

 a great many white-tipped long blackish brown hairs intermingled 

 with the rest, probably the remains of the winter coat. 



Measurements. Type female. Total length, 1030; tail vertebras, 

 275; hind foot, 173; ear, no. Skull: total length, 169 (173); occipito- 

 nasal length, 147 (163); Hensel, 149 (153); zygomatic width, 94 (95); 



