248 THE EGYPTIAN FOX. 



Persia. It is the size of an English cur-fox, and 

 is similarly formed, but the ears are considerably 

 wider and longer. The fur is ochry-rufous, most 

 red on the nose, cheeks, forehead, and legs ; round 

 the eyes there is a pale buff space ; this colour ex- 

 tends on the upper arms and the anterior edge of 

 the thighs ; the region of the vibrissae, the inside 

 of the ears, and the throat, and inside of the thighs, 

 are white, as is also the tip of the tail, with a faint 

 blackish ring above it ; the back of the ears like- 

 wise is sooty, with the anterior edge bright ful- 

 vous. 



This is, we are assured, the only fox of Pales- 

 tine, where it does much mischief to the vineyards . 

 and, according to the opinion of a friend, it is 

 found to the northward in the vallies of Asia 

 Minor. 



THE EGYPTIAN FOX ? 



V. Niloticus ; Cants Niloticus, GEOFFROY. 



Sabora of the Arabs. 

 PLATE XXI.* 



AFRICA possesses, we believe, only this fox, which 

 already assumes, in the enlarged ears, slightly 

 furred soles, and slender structure, so many of the 



