72 CANID.E. 



b, c. Purchased, May 27, 1880. 



d. Presented by Capt. Owen, E.M.S. Anglian,' July 29, 1880. 



228. Canis niloticus, Desni. Egyptian Fox. 

 Hob. North Africa. 



a. Male. Presented by J. A. Laing, Esq., July 6, 1860. 



b. Presented by W. Taylor, Esq., Nov. 5, 1867. 



c. Purchased, July 25, 1873. 



d. Presented by Mr. J. T. Keane, Feb. 11, 1874. From Port 



Said. 



e. Presented by Commander F. Cotton, May 15, 1878. 

 /. Presented by Dr. Thomas Biddle, July 20, 1882. 



229. Canis cerdo, Gin. Fennec Fox. 

 Hab. Egypt. 



a. Male ; b. Female. Purchased, Aug. 21, 1858. 



c, d. Purchased, Oct. 10, 1866. 



e. Male. Presented by Mrs. Eochat, Oct. 20, 1870. 



230. Canis famelicus, Riipp. Syrian Fennec. 

 Hab. North Africa and Western Asia. 



a. Male. Presented by the Sinai Survey Expedition, Feb. 19, 



1869. From Mount Sinai. See*P. Z. S. 1869, p. 149. 



b. Female. Presented by E. S. Dawes, Esq., June 11, 1874. 



From Bushire, Persian Gulf. See P. Z. S. 1875, p. 420. 



c. Male. Presented by E. S. Dawes, Esq., Sept. 11, 1875. 



From Bushire, Persian Gulf. 



d. Purchased, Aug. 25, 1880. 



231. Canis chama. Smith. Silver-backed Fox. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



a. Presented by H. N. B. Good, Esq., Jan. 6, 1875. From 



Griqualand West. See P. Z. S. 1875, p. 81, pi. xvn. 



b. Male. Presented by E. Ladd, Esq., Dec. 11, 1876. 



c. Presented by the Eev. G. H. E. Fisk, C.M.Z.S., May 4, 



1880. 



d. e. Presented by Major-Gen. E. A. Bacon, May 14, 1882. 



d. Species Nearctica. 



232. Canis occidentalis, De Kay. Arctic Wolf. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Deposited, Dec. 8, 1868. From Hudson's Bay. 



b. Eeceived in exchange, May 9, 1876. 



