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crest. Muzzle short and narrow. The inner lobe of the upper 

 sectorial tooth very small. 



Colour. Ashy grey, blackish on the back and sometimes with a 

 rufescent tinge, white below. The basal half of the dorsal fur is 

 dark purplish grey in some skins, the distal half grey or rufescent ; 

 in other cases the hairs are light ashy grey almost throughout, the 

 longer and coarser hairs have white rings near the end, and black 

 tips on the back. The long tail-hairs are. ashy near the base, white 

 near the ends, the tips black, the black tips being more developed 

 posteriorly so that the tail has a black tip, though less defined than 

 in F. bengalensis. Ears grey outside, creamy white on the margin 

 and within ; forehead rufous ; a dusky or black spot on each side of 

 the muzzle. Outside of the limbs dark rufous or dark ashy, almost 

 black in some cases. 



Dimensions. Head and body 18 inches, tail with the hair at the 

 end 15 to 16, without 12| to 13. In the skull the basal length is 

 3'35, zygomatic breadth 2. 



Distribution. Baluchistan and Southern Afghanistan, possibly 

 extending eastwards to Sind. I have hitherto only been able to 

 examine two skins and a skeleton, the types, procured by Major 

 Mockler at Gwadar, and a skin from Kandahar sent to me by Sir 

 O. B. St. John. 



Nothing is known of the habits of this species. 



74. Vulpes lencopus. The Indian desert Fox. 



Vulpes flavescens, Blyth, J. A. S.B. xxii, p. 581, nee Gray. 



Vulpes leucopus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, p. 729 (1854), xxv, p. 443, 



xxvi, p. 289 ; Jei-don, Mam. p. 151. 

 Vulpes griffithii, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxiii, p. 730 ; id. Cat. p. 43 ; 



Scully, A. M. N. H. ser. 5, viii, p. 226. 

 Vulpes pusillus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, pp. 729, 730; Adams, 



P. Z. S. 1858, p. 516 ; Jet-don, Mam. p. 153. 



Lumri or Lokri, H. and Sindhi ; Lombar, Baluchi ; Riibuh, P. 



Size small, though rather larger than that of F. bengaltnsis. 

 Fur full in winter. 



Colour of typical form. In winter the back is more or less 

 rufous, speckled with white, and varies from brownish yellow to 

 rusty red. There is usually a distinct pale patch on each side of 

 the back behind the shoulder, and the cross stripe in front of these 

 patches is well marked. The sides are grey or whitish, more or 

 less speckled, becoming darker, often iron-grey or simply rufous, 

 on the outside of the limbs. The lower parts as a rule are slaty 

 or purplish grey to blackish, abdomen paler, chin and generally a 

 spot in the middle of the breast white. The underfur on the back 

 purplish brown throughout the basal half to three quarters, the 

 extreme base being sometimes whitish, median portion rufous, then 

 white for some distance, and the tip red. On the sides the hairs 

 are white throughout, except a few which have blackish tips. On 

 the underparts the fur is purplish brown, paler towards the base, 



