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SECTION I. Arctic Foxes. Feet furred ; fur very 

 thick and abundant ; livery variable, from white 

 to bluish liver colour; stature low; swim; feed 

 on fish, &c. ; migratory. Belong to the Arctic 

 zone of both continents. 



Vulpes Jayopus, The Arctic Fox; Isatis of GMEL. 

 V. fuligiiiosuS) The Sooty Fox. 



SECTION II. On the eastern continent north of the 

 tropic. 



With Hack Tip to the Tail 

 Vu'pes (dope**... The Coal Fox. 



The Brant Fox. 

 V. Ilodgsonii,.... The Nepal Fox. 



With white Tip to the Tail. 

 VuJpes vulgaris, The common Fox. 

 The Norway Fox. 

 V. melanogaster, The Roman Fox. 



V. crucigera, The Cross Fox. 



The Black Fox. 



V. Hunalaicus,.. The Himalaya Fox. 



The Indian Fox. 



V. ihaieb, The Syrian Fox. 



V. Niloticus,.... The Egyptian Fox. 



SECTION III. Foxes of America. 

 With white Tip to the Tail. 



Vulpe* fidcus, The Red Fox. 



V. decussatus, The American Cress Fox. 



V. aryentatus, The Silver Fox. 



V. velong, SAY The Little Fox. 



V. cinereo argentatus^ The Tri-coloured Fox. 



With black Tip to the Tail. 



Vu 'pes cinereus, The Grey Fox. 



The Brant Fox of Pennsylvania. 



Fox ? of Iceland, the Grastofur. 



