154 PINNIQBADA. 



SiMm, but has given no" description. Vulpes flavescens, Gray, ( V. montanus 

 apud Hodgson, olim, and Horsfield,) is a handsome fox from Tibet, of a 

 peculiarly bright hght-yellowish folvous color throughout, with black ears 

 and a superb brush. It is about the size of the English fox, but has the 

 fur finer, longer and denser. It has not I beUere occurred on this side 

 of the Himalayas. It is said to be common at Lhassa. BIjth has another 

 species from Afghanistan, formerly referred by him to V. flavescens, 

 which he now names V. CrriffitMi, Cat. 134. Beside the well known 

 English fox, Vulpes fulvus, there are others in Europe, the V. melano- 

 gaster, and the Arctic or blue fox, V. lagopu^, so much esteemed for 

 its for. There are very many other species generally diffused over both 

 continents. 



The PiNNiGEADA, or Amphibia, comprising the Seals and alUed animals, 

 are not represented in the Indian seas, being inhabitants of colder regions. 

 Their feet are short and completely enveloped in skin. They have a 

 lengthened body covered with short close fur, a very moveable spine, and 

 are able swimmers. They have no tubercular teeth, all being conic and 

 trenchant, and the true and false molars are alike. Their bones are light 

 and spongy. 



They are most abundant in the cold seas of the Arctic and Antarctic 

 regions. The Seals, of which there are several genera, constitute the 

 family Phocidee; and the remarkable Walrus, or sea-horse, Trichecus 

 rosmams, L., is the representative of another family, Trichecidte. Their 

 most natural position would, perhaps, have been following the Otters, 

 between them and the Felidee ; but in the present, classification they are 

 followed naturally by the Cetaceans. 



