CASSELL'S POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE THI-COLOURED FOX. 



:nisr. to'tlie commentators on D'Azara's notice of Guarachay, this animal is found in Paraguay, 

 of it verv dill'civnt representations have been given. But, whatever varieties prevail, they never 



assume the liveries 

 of any Aguara, and 

 they are, as their 

 pupils are ellipti- 

 cal, true foxes, 

 wanderers in the 

 dark ; while the 

 others are only 

 crepuscular. The 

 three colours are 

 bluish or silver 

 gray, rufous, and 

 white. 



The fox to 

 which Azara's 

 name has been 

 given is found in 

 Brazil, Guiana, and 

 Peru, in Chili, and 

 even in Patagonia. 



THE TK1-COLOUKK1) FOX. 



THE SYRIAN FOX. 



THIS animal is of the size of the English fox, but the ears are considerably wider and longer. Foxes 

 are common in Palestine. They are veiy abundant in the stony country about Bethlehem, and some- 

 times make great havoc 

 among the goats. They are 

 also numerous near the con- 

 vent of " St. John in the 

 Desert" about vintage time, 

 for they are very destruc- 

 tive to the vines, unless 

 closely watched. Solomon 

 alludes to this propensity 

 <!' these animals. " The 

 foxes have holes," is also a 

 declaration which refers to 



the Syrian fox as a bur- 

 rowing specie:, ; while the 



enift dl'this animal supplies 



various allusion's in the 

 '1 writings. The fur 



of tin- fox is valued in Syria 



for common purposes, but 



the animal i- larely hunted 



for ,],, sake ,,f its skin. A/.ARVsrox. 



* Yulpei cinereo argenleus. Krxleb. 



