392 Mr. G. S. Miller on new 



ochraceous-rufous on shoulders and back. Sides of neck, 

 outer surface of upper arm, and region just behind axillae a 

 tawny buff. Underfur of back drab-grey at base, tawny 

 clay-colour at tip. Longer hairs of head, sides, and back 

 (behind shoulders) much speckled by the presence of a bufFy 

 white subterminal area (about 5 mm. long) on each hair; 

 extreme tips reddish. Feet and logs ochraceous-rufous, 

 slightly clouded with blackish and a little speckled with buffy 

 white. Tail like back at base, the ochraceous-rufous gradually 

 fading through a buffy grey to the whitish buff tip, the 

 longer hairs everywhere except at tip with 30-40 mm. black 

 terminal area, tjnderparts in front of fore legs buffy white 

 tinged with hair-brown, the latter becoming nearly clear on 

 middle of throat. Rest of underparts a mixture of hair- 

 brown and d«ull tawny, the latter predominating laterally. 



Skull and teeth. — Except for their smaller size the skull and 

 teeth are essentially as in Vulpes vulpes. 



Measurements. — Type: hind foot 123 mm.; ear from 

 crown 70 : skull, condylo-basal length 129 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 78 ; mastoid breadth 47 ; rostral breadth over 

 cnnines 22 ; depth of brain-case 41 ; frontal depth at last 

 molar 33; rostral depth behind canine 17; mandible 100*4; 

 maxillary tooth-row 59 ; mandibular tooth-row 65*4. 



Specimens e^vaniined. — Two, both from Sardinia. 



Remarks. — While the Sardinian fox is readily distin- 

 guishable from its continental allies by its small size, it 

 closely jigrees in this respect with the small fox of Crete. 

 It retains, however, the usual dark, bright coloration of the 

 ordinary European animals, while in the Cretan fox the 

 rufous parts are faded to ochraceous buff. 



Vulpes indutus, sp. n. 



1904. Vulpes vulpes, Bate, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1903, ii, p. 345 

 (April 1, 1904). 



Type.—M\x\i (skin only). B.M. no. 3. 12. 4. 25. Cape 

 Pyla, Cyprus {Miss D. M. A. Bate). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to the small Vulpes icknusce of 

 Sardinia, but general colour paler (face ochraceous-buff 

 instead of dark rufous, sides dull yellowish buff instead of 

 tawny buff) and legs grizzled blackish in strong contrast 

 with colour of sides. 



Colour. — Face and head ochraceous-buff, becoming lighter 

 and more buffy on base of ears and fading to dull yellowish 

 buff on neck and body. Underfur of back a slaty grey at 

 base, becoming nearly russet at tips of hairs, this darker 



