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THE ISATIS. 



Cynalopex insectivorus. 



Canis Bengalensis, Skaw. — Bengal Fox, Pennant. — Isatis of 

 Bujxm, 



This animal, shown living in London, resembled 

 the Corsac in all its proportions, and was only a 

 little more robust in structure ; round the eyes there 

 was a circle of white, the belly, lower part of the 

 flanks, throat, breast, internal face of the thighs, 

 and under surface of the tail were white ; the nose, 

 forehead, neck, back, shoulders, after part of the 

 upper arm, hams, and upper surface of tail were 

 grizzled reddish ochre and sooty colour, with the tips 

 . of the hairs white, excepting on the tail, where the 

 white was more confined to the under surface, and 

 tip black ; the ridge of the back was darkest, and 

 the limbs were orange-tawny; the irides yellow. 

 In form it bore a close resemblance to the figure of 

 the Tsatis in Bufibn, but wanted the bluish cast of 

 colour which may be the livery of the Russian race. 

 The manners of this species cannot well be traced, 

 because the descriptions even in Gmelin s account 

 are mixed up with the Lagopus of the arctic circle. 

 As this species is said to exist also in Nepal and 



