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defect in the representation ; for the original drawing was made by an 

 anatomist,* and engraved by one ^ whose previous work upon natural 

 history objects has convinced him of the need for accuracy and re- 

 straint of the artistic imagination. 



Certainly the non-resemblance of the little one to its mother would 

 have been enough to shake my belief in the statement of relationship, 

 had not both the specimens and the statement come together from a 

 naturalist ^ who received them direct from the hunters ; and my first 

 impulse was to publish the figure mcocjnito^ as a zoological conun- 

 drum. 



The most obvious difference is in color : the throat and chest of 

 the old fox are whitish, also the tip of the tail ; the back of the ears, 

 the front and outer surface of the paws to near the elbows and knees, 

 are black, and there are scattered black hairs on the tail ; the rest of 

 the body is reddish brown; and as a whole the animal would be 

 called a " red fox," although a stripe across the shoulders of a darker 

 red might entitle it to the name of " cross " fox. Now, at first sight, 



* My friend and former pupil, Dr. W, S. Barnard. 



^ Mr. Philip Barnard, of Chicago, now a student in Cornell University. 

 2 Dr. J. T. Rothrock, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, now attached to one of the 

 United States surveying expeditions. 



