black on top of feet; chin, throat and band down middle of bell}- 

 black or blackish; inner sides of thighs washed with dusky. Tail 

 black mixed with buffy and tipped with white." 



Mi-asurements. " Average of three males from Mt. Adams, Wash- 

 ington: total length, 1,070; tail vertebrae; 412; hind foot, 178." (ex 

 Merriam 1. c.) 



460. cc. Vulpes pentisylvanica bangsi. (Merr. ) Wash. Acad. 

 Scien. , igoo, p. 667. 



Ty/>e locality. Lance au Loup, Labrador. 



Geogr. Distr. Labrador. 



Genl. Char. Similar to V. pennsylvanica, but ears smaller, black 

 of ears and feet more restricted. 



Color. Above as in ]\ pennsylvanica, differences from that species 

 italicised above. 



Afeasuretnenls. Immature. Total length, 964 ; tail vertebrae, 

 378; hind foot, 168; ear from notch, 88. (ex Merriam 1. c.) 



460. ccc. Vulpes alascensis. Merr., Wash. Acad. Scien., 1900, 

 p. 668. 



Type locality. Andreafski, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northern Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Similar to rubricosa and bangsi; tail long, ears 

 small. 



Color. Upper parts similar to F. pennsylvanica, but deeper on 

 neck and dorsal line; rump and hind back grizzled; black of feet 

 restricted. Tail long, bushy fulvous mixed with black, (ex Mer- 

 riam 1. c.) 



Vulpes alascensis abietorum. Merr., Wash. Acad. Scien., igoo, 

 p. 66g. 



Type locality. Stuart Lake, British Columbia. 



Geogr. Distr. Interior of British Columbia and probablj' south- 

 eastern Alaska. 



Genl. Char. Skull alone known. Like alascensis, but "lighter, 

 longer and more slender.''^ (Merr.) 



507. aa. Putorius muricus. Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Club, 

 1899, p. 71. 



Type locality. Echo, El Dorado County, California. 



Genl. Char. Size very small. Tail short, tip black. 



Color. Upper parts and tail, except black tip, drab brown 

 tinged with reddish or chocolate; under parts, hands, toes and upper 

 lip white. Skull has largely inflated squamosals. 



Measurements. Total length, 220; tail vertebrae, 60: hind foot, 

 31. (ex Bangs, 1. c.) 



