2C) Merriam — Revision of tlic Coyotes. 



lilack ; its lower surface whitish on basal third ; ochraceons on distal two- 

 thirds, the liairs of terminal third moderately tipped with black, the 

 black increasing? toward black end of tail. 



Cranial and dental dtaraclers. — Skull and teeth clearly of the palUdas 

 type ; premolar and carnassial teeth smaller arid less swollen than in 

 lairans. Compared with C. ochropiiJi, the skull and teeth are larger and 

 more massive and the rostrum is much broader. A much closer resem- 

 blance exists Ijetween C. leMes and the broad-muzzled pen'msulx and/rus- 

 tror. Contrasted with peninsid.r, the skull is somewhat larger and the 

 eeth heavier; contrasted with fruxir or, the skull is smaller (decidedly 

 shorter), more massive, the frontals flatter and less elevated posteriorly, 

 and the teeth very much larger. 



Remarks. — Externally Canh fey/(?.s resembles C. latrans, being much moi'e 

 highly colored tlian its nearest relative, C. pallidas. On the other hand, 

 it is decidedly paler than either peninsahc or frastror. Its ears are larger 

 than those of pallidas and frustror, but smaller than those of j^eninsahe. 



Measurements. — Tyi^e specimen, (^ adult: total length, 1116; tail ver- 

 tebra?, 320 ; hind foot, 200. 



Cranial measurements. — Type si^ecimen, (^ adult, rather old : basal length, 

 170; basilar length of Hensel, 166; zygomatic breadth, 102;* palatal 

 length, 88; mastoid breadth, 62; length of crown of ui)per carnassial 

 tooth, 21.5. 



Canis frustror Woodhouse. 



Canis frustror Woodhouse, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., V, 147, 1851. 



7)/pe localitj/.— Fort Gibson, at junction of Neosho River with the Ar- 

 kansas, Indian Territory. 



Cluiracters.'f — Similar to C peninsuLr, but somewhat larger ; colors jialer, 

 eai's shorter, rostrum longer. 



Color. — INIuzzle cinnamon rufous ; space between eyes and reaching half 

 way to ears grizzled gray and fulvous; top of head, nape, and ears |)ale 

 fulvous, deepest on the ears; rest of upper parts buffy-ochraceous, pro- 

 fusely mixed with black ; under parts whitish, with a strong buffy-ochra- 

 ceous suffusion across middle of belly ; long hairs of throat conspicuously 

 tipped with black, the black hairs running l)ack over breast along median 

 line ; fore and hind legs and feet fulvous all round, deepest on outer side ; 

 upper surface of forearm and feet abundantly mixed with black, wdiich 

 forms an almost continuous stripe; antero-external face of tliigh well 



*The skull of the type is unusually broad across the zygomata. The 

 normal zygomatic breadth in adult male skulls is about 97.' 



t The present description is from a specimen from Padre Island, Texas, 

 which is unquestionably paler and less red than the animal of the interior. 

 Audubon describes one from San Antonio, Texas, as having the neck red- 

 dish brown, " with bars under the throat and on the chest and belly of a 

 reddish tinge." The type specimen of <J. frustror is in the National ]Mu- 

 suem and, as pointed out by P>airii, is liardK' half grown. 



