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MR. W. E. DE WIKTOIS" ON 



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Canis niloticus, Cretzschm. Eiipp. Atlas, p. 41, t. 15 (1826) ; 

 Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. pi. xix. (1830). 



? Canis vulpecida, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. 

 (1830). 



Vulpes niloticus, Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. x. p. 248, 

 pl.xxi.*(1840). 



? Vulfes algeriensis, Loche, Expl. Alger., Zool. p. 21 (1867). 



Pig. 6. 



Skull of Canis vidpes (sgyptiactis, f nat. size. (B.M. 98.6.5.6.) 



This is a local race of the European Pox, C. vulpes, and may be 

 barely separable from the S. European form (var. melanogaste?-). 



The Algerian Pox is included in the synonymy, but this form 

 seems identical with the Poxes of Southern Europe. 



Canis vulpes atlanticus. 



Canis vulpes, var. atlantica, Wagner (A.), Wagner (M.), Eeis. in 

 Algier, iii. p. 31, pi. 3 (1841). 



Vulpes atlantica, de Wint. P. Z. S. 1897, p. 957. 



This form of the Atlas Mountains is only another subspecies of 

 th« European Pox, rather smaller than the form found in Egypt. 



(2) The Sand-Focces. 



Cani« pallidus. (Pig. 7.) 



? Canis riippelli, Schinz, Cuv. Thierr. Ia^, Suppl. p. 508 (1825). 



Canis pallidus, Cretzschm. Eiipp. Atlas, p. 33, pi. xi. (1826); 

 Mivart, Canidse, p. 142, pi., partim. 



? Canis sahbar, Hempr. & Ehrenb. Symb. Phys., Mamm. ii. (1832). 



Cynalopeic pallidus. Smith (H.), Jardine's Nat. Libr. ix. p. 228, 

 pi. xvii. (1839). 



Canis corsac. Lesson, Tabl. Eeg. Anim. p. 40 (1842), partim. 



Vidpes pallidus, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1862). 



Fennecus pallidu,s. Gray, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 520. 



The dorsal region tawny, finely grizzled, almost the colour one 

 sees in pale pug-dogs ; paler on the sides and face, redder on the 

 forehead ; a reddish streak on the back of the fore legs from the 



