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Fox. Penn. Quadr. i. p. 251. Perm. Brit. Zool. i. 

 p. 7 L -Shaw's fen. Zool. i. p. 314. Daniel's Rural 

 Sports, 8vo. edit. i. p. 220, tab. pp. 101, 220. Church's 

 Cabinet of Quadrupeds, art. Fox. Smellie's Buffon, iv. 

 p. 214, tab. 68.---Bin. Anim. Biog. 3d edit. i. p. 253. 



VAR. 1. The Greyhound-fox. Of large size. 

 VAR. 2. The Mastiff-fox. Smaller, but more strongly 

 formed. 



VAR. 3. The Cur-fox. The smallest of the three, tail 

 tipped with black. 



Is the latter of these the 



Canis cauda recta, apice nigro? Cards alopexf Linn. 

 Syst. Gmel. i. p. 74? and Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, 

 gen. 56, sp. 6, p. 565 ? 

 . 

 ... . 



THE CAT TRIBE. .'Front-teeth in each jaw six, the 

 intermediate ones equal : grinders three on each side: 

 tongue rough, with sharp prickles that point backwards 

 claws retractile. FELTS. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. gen, 

 13, i. p. 71. 



. . . 



Head round, and visage short. Toes five 90 the fore, and four on 

 the hind feet; the claisx hooked and sharp. The feet rest upon the 

 toes only. The females have eight teats, four on the breast and four 

 on the belly. W. B. 



. 



11. THE COMMON CAT. Tail long and annulated. 'FeKs 

 catus. Linn. 



Felis cauda elongatd annulatd. Felis catus. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 80. 



1. The 



