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size as in true Vulpes imlpes, and the small premolars are seldom 

 in contact, the spaces between them visually conspicuous. 



Measurements. — Adult female from Cappagh House, Water- 

 ford, Ireland : head and body, 613 ; tail, 340 ; hind foot, 146 ; 

 ear from meatus, 90. Adult male and female from Tunbridge 

 Wells, Sussex, England : head and body, 690 and 630 ; tail, 

 343 and 370 ; hind foot, 160 and 141 ; ear from meatus, 95 and 

 82. Adult male from Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Germany : head 

 and body, 578 ; tail, 440 ; hind foot, 160 ; ear from meatus, 98. 

 Adult male and female from Haute-Garonne, France : head and 

 body, 610 and 610 ; tail, 370 and 350 ; hind foot, 150 and 135 ; 

 ear from meatus, 94 and 89. Two adult males from Porlezza, 

 Como, Italy (Ghidini) : hind foot, 150 and 148-6. Adult male 

 from Borghetto S. Spirito, Italy : head and body, 745 ; tail, 380 ; 

 hind foot, 157. Adult male from Zinnigas, Siliqua, Sardinia 

 (measured from mounted specimen, Genoa) : head and body, 700 ; 

 tail, 300 ; hind foot, 144db ; ear from meatus, 83. 



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



Ireland : Kilmanock, Wexford, 2 ; Cappagh House, Waterford, 1. 



Scotland: Ben Nie, Sutherland, 1; Inversanda, Ardgour, 1. 



England : Northumberland, 1 ; Thame, Oxford, 2 ; Hassocks, Sussex, 1 ; 

 Tunbridge Wells, Sussex, 3; Ditchling, Sussex, 1; Mayfield, Sussex, 1 

 (Grant). 



Feance : Ax-les-Thermes, Ari^ge, 3 ; Oaterille, Haute-Garonne, 1 ; Pic 

 Sessire, Haute-Garonne, 1 ; St. Aventin, Haute-Garonne, 1. 



Germany : Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 1 ; Nuremberg, Bavaria, 1 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Grossgraben, Silesia, 1 (Breslau) ; Riesengiberge, Silesia, 1 

 (Breslau) ; southern Germany, 3. 



Austria-Hungary : Trentino, 1 (Genoa) ; Gazza, Trentino, 1 (Genoa) ; 

 Vigolo Vattaro, Trentino, 1 (Genoa). 



Switzerland : Geneva, 1 (Ghidini) ; Valais, 1 (Ghidini). 



Italy : Porlezza, Como, 4 (Ghidini) ; Garbagna, Piedmont, 1 (Genoa) ; 

 Borghetto S. Spirito, 1 (Genoa) ; Vargo, Liguria, 1 (Genoa) ; Torriglia, 

 Liguria, 1 (Genoa) ; Cornigliano, Liguria, 2 (Genoa) ; near Genoa, 1 ; 

 Molasana, 1 (Genoa) ; Tuscany, 1 ; Pisa, 1. 



Sardinia: Zinnigas, Siliqua, 1 (Genoa). 



Greece : Cephalonia, 1 ; Tatoi, near Athens, 2. 



Memarhs. — The fox of Italy appears to be the same as that of 

 Central Europe, though further material from the southern 

 portion of the peninsula may show that it should be distinguished. 

 The three specimens from Greece are in such unsatisfactory 

 condition of pelage that their status cannot be determined with 

 any degree of certainty. If they represent a peculiar local race 

 this should probably take the name meridionalis Fitzinger. 



9. Ben Nie, Sutherlaudshire, E. R. Alston (p). 79. 9. 25. 80. 



Scotland. {H. Broivn.) 



6. Inversanda, Ardgour. H. Leigh (c & p). 1. 16. 12. 1. 



2. Kilmanock, Wexford, G. Barrett-Hamilton 6. 5. 20. 1. 



Ireland. (c & p). 9. 12. 15. 4. 



9. Cappagh House, Waterford. R. J. Ussher (c & p). 96. 12. 28. 1. 



1. Northumberland, England. Rev. H. H. Slater 0. 2. 24. 5. 



(0 & p). 



