MAMMALIA. ' 



in the intensity of their colouring, but among those brought from Chile I do not 

 perceive any agreeing with that species, or variety, mentioned by Molina as 

 approaching to an orange colour. All the specimens whose dimensions are here 

 given, are preserved in spirit. Two of them are from Maldonado brought by 

 Mr. Darwin ; three were collected in Hayti by Mr. J. Hearne, and one is from 

 Chile, whence it was brought by Mr. H. Cuming. 





From Chile. 



Hayti. 



Hayti. 



Hayti. 



Maldonado. 



Maldonado. 







9 





? 





$ 





$ 





9 



9 





la. 



Lines. 



In. 



Lines. 



In. 



Lines. 



In. 



Lines. 



in. 



Lines. 



In. Lines. 



Length of head and body . 



2 



3 



1 



11 



2 







2 



o* 



2 



6 



2 6 



of tail . 



1 



n 



1 



2 



1 



2 



1 



11 



I 



1 



1 2 



of free portion of ditto 







n 







5 







6* 







5i 







8| 



8* 



Expanse of wings . 



10 



3 



9 



3 



9 



8 



9 







10 



C 



10 2 



Length of antibrachium . 



1 



7 



1 







I 



H 



1 



6 



1 



8 



1 9 



of ears 







5 







H 







4! 







H 







51 



5} 



Width of ditto 







7 















6 







(; 







7 



7 



Length from nose to eye . 







H 







3 







3? 







3 







H 



B\ 



In all the specimens examined by me, there are two incisors in the upper 

 jaw, and four in the lower, they would therefore, according to M. Temminck, be 

 adult. 



Family— CARNIVORA. 



1. Canis Antarcticus. 



Plate IV. 



Antarctic "Wolf, Pennant, History of Quadrupeds, vol. i. p. 257. sp. 165. 

 Canis Antarcticus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. pt. 2. p. 331. 

 , Desm. Mamm. p. 199. 



C. supra sordide fulvescenti-brunneus, pilis ad apicem nigris ; lateribus, corporeque 

 subtus, sordide Jlavescenti-fuscis ; capite, auribusque extits, fusco nigroque adsper- 

 sis ; artubus flavescenti-fulvis ; labiis, guld, abdomine imo, femoribusque intits, sor- 

 dide albis ; caudd ad basin concolore cum corpore, deln nigra, apice albo. 



Description. — This animal is considerably larger than the common fox, {Canis 

 Vulpes, Auct.) and stouter in its proportions, and, in fact, appears to be 

 intermediate between the ordinary foxes and the wolves. The tail is much 



