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9. Arrechavaleta, Vitoria. 0. Thomas (p). S. 2. 9. 49. 



(y. Gon.'alez.) 



6. Torres del Alio, Comua. Dr. Y. L. Seoane 94. 5. 29. 1. 



(c & p). 



6. :Madrid. M. de la Escalera (c). S. 9. 24. 7. 



6, 9. SeviUe. {A. Ruiz.) Lord Lilford (p). 95. 9. 4. 7-8. 



2 i. Goto Doiiana, Huelva. A. Chapman (c & p). 8. -3. 8. 4-5. 



i. Elche, Alicante. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 48. 



i juT. Barracas, Castellon. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 50. 

 (N. Gonzalez.) 



VULPES ICHNUS.E Miller. 



1907. Yulpes icliniisx Miller. Aun. and Mag. Xat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, p. 391, 



November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Tidpcs vuJpcs ichniisx Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 94. 



Type locality. — Sarrabus, Sardinia. 



Geographical distribution. — Sardinia and Corsica. 



Diagnosis. — Smaller than any of the races of Vidpes vulpes ; 

 both hind foot and condylobasal length of skull in adult male 

 less than 130 mm., ear from crown 60 to 70 mm. 



Colour. — Face and head dark rufous becoming Hghter and 

 more dull on base of ears and on neck, and fading to ockraceous- 

 rufous on shoulders and back ; sides of neck, outer surface of 

 upper arm and region just behind axilla still lighter, a ta^^Tiy 

 butf, hairs of underfur on back drab grey at base, tawny clay 

 colour at tip ; longer hairs of head, sides, and back (behind 

 shoulders) much speckled by huffy white subtermmal areas about 

 5 mm. in length, the extreme tips reddish : feet and legs 

 ochraceous-rufous, slightly clouded with blackish and a little 

 speckled with bufiy white : tail like back above, the tawny 

 gradually fading out through a bufiy grey to the whitish buff" 

 tip, the longer hairs except in pencil black tipped (30-40 mm.) ; 

 underparts to front legs huffy wliitish tinged with hair-brown, 

 this nearly clear on middle of throat ; rest of underparts a 

 mixture of hair-brown and dull tawny, the latter predominating 

 along sides. 



Measurements. — Type (adult male) : hind foot, 123 ; ear from 

 meatus, 70. Adult male and female from the type locality : 

 head and body, 640 and 590 ; tail, 280 and 290 : hind foot, 

 127 and 125 : ear from meatus, 74 and 71. Adult female from 

 Siliqua : head and body, 600 : tail, 350 ; hind foot, 127 : ear, 74. 

 Adult from near St. Florent, Corsica : hind foot, 123 : ear from 

 meatus, 73. 



Specimens examined. — Eight, from the following localities : — 

 Coksica: Grotto Campu Consule, near St. Florent, N.W. Corsica, 1 



(Major). 



Saedesia : No exact locality, 1 (Turin) ; Lanusei, 1 ; Sarrabus, 3 (B.M. 



and Genoa) ; Zinnigas Siliqua, 2. 



