JFORNl^ 

 WHITE-BARRf!D AGTjARA FOX. 



Cerdocyon mesoleucus. Nobis. 

 PLATE XXVII. 



"We place at the head of the present group a speci- 

 men which is marked in some measure like the 

 Thotcs mesomelas of the Cape, and is intermediate 

 between the last group and the present. It was 

 kept during the space of about four years in tlie 

 house of a friend residing near PljTnouth, where 

 opportunities were frequent of watching its charac- 

 ter and manners ; and being a great favourite with 

 the owner, who is familiar with field sports, and 

 therefore qualified to judge with discrimination, we 

 learn that in most respects it was as playful as a 

 young fox, having all the vivacity and dexterity of 

 that species. It was perfectly tame and good-tem- 

 pered; but in no instance was the eye observed 

 otherwise than with a circular pupil, and it was 

 quite destitute of all offensive odour. The specimen 

 measured twenty-eight inches in length, the tail 

 eleven inches, standing high on the legs, with slen- 

 der limbs and small feet, and the whole structure 

 remarkably light ; the incisor teeth were small and 

 the canines were slender, and never greatly exceeded 

 the length of the external incisors; the whiskers, 

 hnstles on the cheeks and above the eyes, were lonjr 



