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VIRGINIAN FOX. 



Canis Virginianus. C. cauda recta, corpore ex cinereo aUricantc. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 74. 

 Whitish-grey, with strait tail. 

 Grey Fox. Catesby's Carolina. 2. p. 78. pi. 78. 

 Grey Fox. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 259. 



THE Virginian Fox seems to have been first de- 

 scribed by Catesby. It -resembles the common 

 Fox in shape : has a sharp nose, long, sharp, up- 

 right ears, long legs, and a bushy tail : its colour 

 is a whitish-grey, with a cast of red about the 

 ears. It inhabits the warmer parts of North 

 America, particularly Carolina and Virginia. It 

 is said never to burrow under ground like the 

 common Fox, but to inhabit hollow trees : it is 

 destitute of the strong smell of the common Fox ; 

 is easily tamed, and is said to prey chiefly on 

 poultry, birds, &c. 



SILVERY FOX. 



Canis Argentatus. C.fuscus,pilis longioribus argenteo-albis. 

 Dog of a deep brown-colour, with the longer hairs of a silvery 



white. 



Silvery Dog. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 260. 

 Le Renard argente. Charlevoix Nouv. Franc, i.p. 196. 



IN form this resembles the common Fox. It 

 is of a deep brown-colour, with the longer or ex- 

 terior hairs of a silvery white, giving a highly 



