vuLPES 333 



2 6. Thame, Oxfordshire. Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 31. 1-2. 



child (p). 

 2 (J. Ditchling, Sussex. Guy Dollman /9. 11. 3. 1. 



(c & p). \10. 9. 13. 1. 



3. Tunbridge Wells, Sussex. G. H. B. Grant (c). 1. 2. 1.5. 1-3. 



2(5,9. Ax - las - Thermes, Arifege, V. Builles (c & p). 8.3.27.6-7. 

 Franco. 8. 3. 27. 14. 



9. Caterille, Haute-Garonne, O. Thomas (p). 8. 7. 15. 2. 



900 m. [A. Robert.) 

 9. PicSessiro,Haute-Garonno. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 7. 15. 3. 



[A. Robert.) 

 6. St. Aventin, Haute-Ga- O. Thomas (p). 8. 7. 15. 4. 



ronne, 900 m. (A. Robert.) 

 i. Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, C. Hilgert (c). 8. 11. 2. 15. 



Germany. 

 3 skulls. South Germany. Dr. A. Giinther (c). 59. 9. 6. 83, 88. 



175. k. 

 S. Genoa, Liguria, Italy. MarquisG. Doria (p). 88. 12. 1. 3. 



skull. Pisa. Zool. Soc. Mus. 68. 5. 4. 126. 



lyg. S. Italy. (Prof. Savi.) Zool. Soc. Mus. 55.12.24.240. 



9. Tuscany. Purchased (Dr. 45. 7. 22. 15. 



RiippeU). 

 6, 9. Tatoi, Athens, Greece. Hon. N. C. Roths- 8. 10. 2. 22-23. 

 (C. Mottaz.) child (p). 



VuLPES VULPES siLACEA Miller. 



1907. Vulpcs vidpes silaceus Miller, Ann. and ^Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



XX, p. 393, November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Vulpes vulpes silaceus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 45. 



Type locality. — Near Silos, Province of Buri^os, Spain. 



Geographical distribution — Iberian Peninsula. 



Characters. — Size about equal to that of V. v. vulpes, but 

 teeth noticeably less enlarged, the wider spacing of the premolars 

 especially evident ; general colour a dull buff without bright 

 yellowish or reddish tints, the posterior half of back conspicuously 

 frosted with whitish (except in abraded pelage) the tail often a 

 clear greyish. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : head and body, 750 ; 

 tail, 370; hind foot, 150. Adult female from near the type 

 locality: head and body, 670; tail, 330; hind foot, 125. Old 

 male from Elche, Alicante : head and body, 770 ; tail, 480 ; 

 hind foot, 160; ear from meatus, 113. 



Specimens examined. — Eighteen, from the following localities in 

 Spain : Olot, Gerona, 1 (probably not typical) ; vicinity of Silos, Burgos, 5 ; 

 near Burgos, 1 ; Arrechavaleta, Vitoria, 1 ; Torres del Alio, Coruna, 1 ; 

 Madrid, 1 ; near Seville, 3 ; Goto Dofiana, Huelva, 3 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; 

 Elche, Alicante, 1 ; Barracas, Gastellon, 1. 



Bemarks. — The Spanish fox is well characterized by its light 

 colour, large size and rather small, widely-spaced premolars as 

 compared with those of the Scandinavian form. 



2 6. Silos, Burgos, Spain. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 46-47. 



(8. 8. 4. 46. Type of subspecies.) 

 (J, 2 9, 1. Burgos. Rev. Saturio Gon- 8.7.7.12-15. 



zalez (c). 



