184 COMMON FOX. 



two anterior edged points, and four posterior tuber- 

 cles ; the sixth small, with four points, the last very 

 small, with two points. 



The oesophagus of a male individual is thirteen 

 inches long, and of the average diameter of eight 

 lines ; the stomach of an ovato-oblong form, resem- 

 bling the human, its principal muscular fibres lon- 

 gitudinal ; the intestine eight feet seven inches, the 

 ccecum one foot six inches from the anus. 



The fur is rather soft, dense, moderately long, 

 consisting of a fine woolly covering, and long hairs 

 of a stiffer texture ; the tail bushy ; the hair of the 

 face and limbs shortish ; the soles covered with 

 hair, excepting the tuberculous eminences, on which 

 they have been worn. 



The general colour is yellowish-red, mixed with 

 white hairs on the shoulders, thighs, upper flank, 

 rump, and tail ; the snout and lips are blackish, the 

 inner surface and edges of the ears whitish, the 

 outer part of the ear black, with slight spots of 

 white; the tail pale-reddish, the tips of the long 

 hairs brownish -black, its extremity white. The 

 lower cheeks, under part of neck, breast, and abdo- 

 men, with the inner part of the thighs, a narrow 

 line down the fore part of the hind legs, and the 

 posterior and inner parts of the fore legs, white. 

 The fore part of the feet is black, that colour ex- 

 tending to near the cubital and knee joints ; the 

 mystachial bristles black, the hair of the soles deep- 

 red, the claws light-brown. 



