CANID^ 219 



low; face from nose to eyes dull yellowish fulivous; rest of top of 

 head and base of ears pale straw yellow ; back j^olden yellowish 

 fulvous; tail very pale; black of ears restricted, that of the feet 

 confined to the upper surface and mixed with pale fulvous. Black- 

 cross pelage; top of nose grizzled brownish; sides of nose antl 

 imperfect ring around the eye dusky or blackish grizzled with 

 whitish; top of head yellowish white, the black underfur showing 

 througli; dorsal cross (back and shoulders) blackish, overlaid 

 and nearly concealed by yellowish white or buffy; sides of neck, 

 flanks, and post-scapular region golden yellow; upp<er two thirds 

 of ear black ; fore feet black, grizzled above the elbow with yellow- 

 ish; hind feet and legs grizzled dusky audi buffy, becomiing nearly 

 black on top of the feet; chin, throat and band down middle of 

 belly black or blackish; tail black mixed with buffy and tipped 

 with white; skull as compared with that of necator has a wider 

 rostrum, the audital bullx are larger and the teeth are smaller. 



Length about 1070 nmi. (42 inches) ; tail vertebnne 410 

 (17) ; hind foot 173 (7). 



Type locality, Trout Lake, Cascade Mountains, Washington. 



The Cascade Mountain Fox is found in the Cascade Moun- 

 tains of Washington and Oregon and in the northern Sierra Ne- 

 vada. This species and the High Sierra Fox belong to the group 

 which in one pelage is called the Silver Gray Fox and in another 

 pelage the Cross Fox. The latter name is due to the fact that a 

 dark stripe on the top of the neck and back is crossed by another 

 on the shoulders. The Silver Gray Fox is black with the hairs, 

 particularly on the hips, with long white tips, producing a silvered 

 appearance. This stage of pelage is probably very rare in Cali- 

 fornia, if it really occurs at all. Tbese different pelages are not 

 seasonal but are to^ a considerable extent dimorphic, though there 

 is also some seasonal differences. 



Genus Urocyon Baird. (Tail — dog.) 

 Pupils of eye elliptical; tail long, bushy, with a concealed 

 mane of stiff black hairs oil its upper side; teeth as in Vulpes; 



