230 THE ISATIS. 



Tartary, it may be identical with Cynalopex kara- 

 gan^ which is only known from a description 

 comnmnicated by Dr Pallas to Mr Pennant. It is 

 a small species, very common in all the deserts of 

 the Kerguise and Great Tartary ; its general colour 

 is of a wolf-grey ; the head is yellowish and above 

 the eyes reddish ; the ears are black on the outside, 

 w^hite within, and the edge and base reddish, with 

 a white spot near each ; between the shoulders is a 

 dark spot, from whence along the back to the tail 

 runs a reddish or yellowish streak ; the throat and 

 breast are of a dark grey ; the belly white. 



