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ME. W. E. DE WINTON ON 



[Apr. 18, 



Its range seems very restricted: all the specimens examined were 

 obtained between Suakim and Dongola. Possibly the nearest ally 

 to this little Fox is C. bengalensis, but this relationship is not 

 close : it certainly has nothing in common with C. corsac. 



Canis famelicus. (Fig. 8.) 



Canis famelicm, Cretzschm. Eiipp. Atlas, p. 15, pi. v. (1826) ; 

 Mivart, Canidse, p. 144, pi. 



? Oanis anubis, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. (1832). 



Megalotis famelicus, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix, p. 235, 

 pi. XX. (1839). 



Fmnecus famelicus, Lesson, Tab. Eeg. Anim. p. 39 (1842). 



Vulpes dorsalis, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1843), 

 partim. 



Femiecus dorsalis, Grray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 519, partim. 



Fig. 8. 



Skull of Canis famelicus, f nat. size. (B.M. 98.6.5.7.) 



Fur very long, soft, and dense ; general colour soft fawn, more 

 or less interspersed with coarser grizzled hairs, often giving it a 

 steel-blue tint. Ears very long, rich fawn-colour : the face paler 

 yellowish buff, with strong brown patches immediately above the 

 whiskers, the dark colour, shghtly modified, encircles the eyes. 

 Along the dorsal line the fur is redder than on the sides, the 

 underfur being grey tipped with reddish brown. There are reddish 

 patches on the bact of the hind legs above the heel. The tail is 

 very thick and bushy along its whole length, with a very distinct 

 white tag ; there is a depression in the fur over the gland, and 

 the hair is generally clogged at the base with a yellow substance, 

 which gives off a distinct aromatic odour. 



This is, perhaps, the prettiest of all the Sand-Foxes ; the ears are 

 very large, but not exaggerated like those of the Fennec. I am able 

 to give the weight and dimensions of this little Fox, taken from 

 fresh-killed animals by two collectors, to whom the Museum is 

 much indebted for numerous carefully-collected specimens. 



