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and the outside of the limbs iron-grey or rufous. The underparts are of 

 a slaty hue, or even darker in winter though probably white in summer ; 

 but the chin and generally also the middle of the breast are white at all 

 seasons. The inner side of the fore limbs and the whole front of the 

 hind limbs to the toes are also whitish, if not white. The face is 

 rufous, markedly so around the eyes, in front of each of which there 

 is generally a dark spot. The ears are black or dark brown externally 

 towards their apices, paler near the base ; they are margined externally 

 and lined with white or whitish hairs. The tail is generally of the 



Side view of skull of CANIS LEUCOPUS. 



same colour dorsally, as is the back, but less rufous laterally and 

 beneath. Many of the hairs may have black or blackish tips, and 

 there may be a black ring near the end of the tail, or there may be no 

 black at all. The terminal portion of the tail is white. 



Habitat. South-western Asia from the Punjaub to Rajpootana, through 

 Afghanistan and Persia to Arabia. 



