CANIS. 467 
468. vigilis (Canis), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., x1, 1897, p. 33. 
CoLtima Coyore. 
Type locality. Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Colima, Mexico; range unknown. 
Genl. Char. Similar to C. peninsule; darker. 
Color. Upper parts mixed buffy ochraceous and black; nose 
rufous; top of head fulvous and black; under parts pale fulvous; legs 
and feet fulvous mixed with black on hind leg; tail similar to that of 
the other forms, above like back, beneath basally whitish, rest 
fulvous. 
Measurements. Total length, 1155; tail vertebrae, 335; hind foot, 
190. Skull: basal length, 166; Hensel, 163; zygomatic breadth, 87; 
palatal length, 85; mastoid breadth, 59; crown of upper sectorial, 17.5. 
469. clepticus (Canis), Elliot, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 111, 1903, p. 
225. Zodlogy. 
THIEVISH COYOTE. 
Type locality. Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower 
California, Mexico; 9,000 feet elevation. 
Genl. Char. Summer pelage reddish; size small. Skull short, 
broad; braincase and across postorbital processes wide, the latter 
long; nasals rather short, narrow; rostrum narrow; pterygoid fossa 
broad, long; outline of bullz on basioccipital not approaching pos- 
teriorly; palate wide between molars; occipital crest prominent; 
teeth small, weak; tail short, bushy. 
Color. September. Nose cinnamon rufous; cheeks mixed gray 
and black; upper lip, chin, and between jaws grizzled grayish white; 
top of head grizzled black, gray, and fulvous; back of ears, occiput, 
and back of neck deep buffy ochraceous, uniform; rest of upper parts 
tawny, or tawny ochraceous with numerous white-tipped hairs inter- 
mingled; lower part of throat white; sides of neck and collar beneath 
throat buff; chest, abdomen, and inner sides of thighs near body 
white; rest of under parts grizzled grayish buff and black; shoulders 
pale buffy ochraceous; fore and hind legs rich fulvous; feet paler, 
whitish on toes at base of claws; tail tawny ochraceous, white at base 
beneath; inner side and edge of ears white; new hairs of the winter 
pelage black with white tips. 
August examples in greatly worn pelage are darker, tawny, with 
a great many white-tipped long blackish brown hairs intermingled 
with the rest, probably the remains of the winter coat. 
Measurements. Type female. Total length, 1030; tail vertebre, 
275; hind foot, 173; ear, r10. Skull: total length, 169 (173); occipito- 
nasal length, 147 (163); Hensel, 149 (153); zygomatic width, 94 (95); 
