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fifth, the third and fourth subequal ; a basal membrane attaches the 
second and third, and a menibrane reaching to end of first joint the 
third and fourth. Hind foot: first toe diminutive, and placed well 
behind ; third toe longer than the fourth, and united to it by a mem- 
brane to the first joint ; second attached to the third, and fourth 
to the fifth, by short membranes. Head and feet clothed with short 
hair; rest of the body with long coarse and tkick woolly under-fur ; 
tail long and bushy, with long very coarse hair. 
Nose and edge of lips brownish flesh-colour; iris deep brown. 
Hair of muzzle brown; upper lips, chin, throat, and a ridge of 
longish hairs extending from under the ears to the shoulder white. 
Head with light reddish-brown under-fur, the short hairs cf -the 
upper-fur being individually banded with black and white. Ear 
with short close-set whitey-brown hair, partly hidden by the hair 
of the cheeks. Upper parts of body] with the under-fur brown 
at roots, buff above, the Jong hairs of the upper-fur having each a 
broad central black band and white tip, giving a hoary appearance to 
the coat ; underparts with less black. Fore and hind legs blackish 
brown, sprinkled about humeral and femoral parts with buff specks. 
Tail buff white, with a few black-banded hairs intermingled. 
Length from snout to root of tail 20 inches; tail 12, with an 
extra inch of hair at tip. Head 4°75; between ears 2. Palm to 
nail-tips 2°50; breadth of palm +75. Sole to nail-tips 2°50 ; breadth 
of sole ‘80. 
This species has an extensive range in India, being found from 
Afghanistan through the Himalayas to Aracan ; and we find it also 
occurring in South China. 
No typical Herpestes seems to occur in China north of Hainan. 
45. NYCTEREUTES PROCyONOIDES. (The Raccoon-like Wild 
Dog.) 
Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, P. Z.S. 1868, p. 522. 
Canis (Nyctereutes) viverrinus, Temm. Faun. Jap. ; v. Schrenck, 
Amoorland, i. p. 63. 
The “ Raccoon or Civet Dog” ranges from Canton into Amoor- 
land, and is also found in Japan. I have specimens of it from the 
Fokien hills, from Hankow, and from Shanghai; but I have not 
met with it in Formosa. 
46. VULPES HOOLE, sp. nov. (South-China Fox.) 
Vulpes vulgaris, Swinhoe, Zoologist, 1858, p. 6223. 
The Fox of the plains and lower hills of South China is in form 
and size very similar to that of Europe; but it is paler, wants the 
black spot on the sides of the snout, and has the colours of its coat 
differently arranged. I have placed in the British Museum an adult 
female and two cubs; but as their skulls are within the skins, I have 
not been able to remark on them. 
Throat, along upper lip, and under neck white, washed with black 
on chin, with dusky-grey under-fur. Moustache-bristles black, 
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