5i THE M.vr.ELLANIC DOT,. 



Iiaiinchc*. and BccmctI to listrn with iiuicli M»l-f'"'»''n to the dog. 

 which WHS ninninp the »ct*iil «»n the nmuiitniii m.. ■« it« head." 



The Colpeo is often itpuki*n of aa the Maj^x'.lanic " Fox," l»ut it has 

 no marked •imilarity to thiit animal, and it is a C4in»idera))lv largrr and 

 stouter animal tlian i« the Kurojxnn lot A« we hate uid. it was con- 

 founded hy Mohna with (\ amIarrticmM, hut it is a gn-yer and lets red 

 animal, and tin- end of the tail i% not while hut liUck. It iw al«o 

 a decidedly smaller anii)>'>1 



It may have a lon^. itd loo»e coat with abundant woolly 



undeKur, with long hair under the ff^t lieneath the pads ; or it may 

 have short hair ami more scanty underfur, with oo long liair under 

 the fell. 



The hairs are much n; '• 1. and the t! illy 



resulting general ri>l<initi<Mi ■■> thus irreguLti .imi i.nitii 1 m nock, 

 however, i!t dark, with more or lc»s lilack. The sidejt of the lK>dy are 

 brownish grt-y. and the limlis are more or lc» nifous rxirmally, and 

 of a lighter tint internally. The under surface of the lower jaw, the 

 throat, and tlie underparts are of a dirty yeltowi»b white, as also are 

 the checks. The ears arc dark-colourttl extrmally, but have long 

 \< !!<>wi<ih-white hairs within. 'Die tail, which is bushy, is a light 

 rril>lish grey, save towards lis tip and on the dorsum towards il» root, 

 ulien* il is lilack. 



linUlat. Tierra del Fucgo and Chile. 



Length from snnnt to root of tail . 



„ of tail •! ' 



,, fnMQ htxl to cuU ol l«i<> 



i>f i-ar .... fij 



Cranial and jMmtal Ckaracten. 



The skull has a much elongated facial itortion- The interorbital 

 region appears verj- little elevated when the skull is viewed in profile ; 

 t>cbind it is a distinct sagittal ridge. The nasals extend a little 

 further 1>ackwards than do the na.'val processes of the maxilla?. The 

 suture lK'twe«.Ii the |talatines and the maxills docs not extend forwards 



