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THE CROSSED-FOX. 



Canis nigro-argenteus of Nilsson was indigenous to Scan- 

 dinavia ; as also that the so-called Kors-raf, or crossed- 

 (barred) fox (which he introduced into the Northern Fauna 

 under the designation of Canis Vulpes var. crucigera, Nilss.), 

 was, as I understood, a permanent variety of the common- 

 fox. But the Professor, in the last edition of his valuable 

 work, now tells us, he has arrived at the conclusion that the 

 black-fox, as a species, does not exist in the peninsula; as 

 also that both the black-fox and the crossed-fox are merely 

 accidental varieties of the common-fox. 



THE CROSSED-FOX. 



Throughout the whole length of the back of this animal, 

 as above represented, runs a black streak, which is inter- 



