Class I. 



FOX. 



it dreams. Procis rivmitibiis crudelis : catu- 

 lit cum variis : mordet ilia illos : cohceret co- 

 pula j unci us: it goes with young sixty-three 

 days; and commonly brings from four to 

 eight at a time: the male puppies resemble 

 the dog, the female the bitch. It is the most 

 faithful of all animals : is very docile : hates 

 strange dogs : will snap at a stone thrown at 

 it : will howl at certain musical notes : all 

 (except the South American kind) will bark at 

 strangers : dogs are rejected by the Maho- 

 metans ." 



Vulpes. Rail syn. quad. 177. 

 Mortons Northampt. 444. 

 Meyer s an. i. Tah. 36. 

 Canis fulvus, pills cinereis 



intermixtis. Brisson quad. 



173. 

 De Buffon. Tom. vii. 75- 



Tal: 6. 

 Ges?i. quad. g66. 



Vulpes auctorum. Hasselquist 



Itin. 191. 

 Canis Vulpes. Gm. Lin. 73. 

 Canis Alopex. C. Cauda 'recta 



apice nigro. vulpes campes- 



Iris. Lin. Syst. 5Q. 

 Canis Cauda recta apice albo. 



Faun. Suec. 1 . 

 Vulpes vulgaris. Klein, quad. 73. 

 Br. Zool. 28. Hist. quad, p, 



251. Arct. Zool. i. 51. 



11. Fox. 



Brit. Llwynog,/cf»2. Llvvj'noges Germ. Fuchs 



Fren. Le Renard Dut. Vos 



Ital. Volpe Swed. RafF 



Span. Raposa Dan. Rev. 

 Port. Rapoza 



-1- HE fox is a crafty, lively, and libidinous ani- 

 mal. It begins to engender at the age of twelve 



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