10 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



Mr 



West 



than those from the Eastern island ; and this account was corroborated by the 

 officers of the Adventure, employed in surveying the archipelago. Mr. Gray, of 

 the British Museum, had the kindness to compare in my presence the specimens 

 deposited there by Captain Fitzroy, but he could not detect any essential 

 difference between them. The number of these animals during the last fifty 

 years must have been greatly reduced ; already they are entirely banished from 

 that half of East Falkland which lies East of the head of St. Salvador Bay and 

 Berkeley Sound ; and it cannot, I think, be doubted, that as these islands are 

 now becoming colonized, before the paper is decayed on which this animal has 

 been figured, it will be ranked amongst those species which have perished from 

 the face of the earth." — D. 



2. Canis Magellanicus. 



Plate V. 



Canis Magellanicus, Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part iv. 1836, p. 88 

 Vulpes Magellanica, Gray, Magazine of Natural History, New Series, 1837, vol. i. p. 578. 



C. suprh albo nigroque variegatus ; lateribus fulvescente fuscoque lavatis ; capite 



fusco-jlavo et albescente adsperso ; rostro superne obscuriore ; auribus, artubusque 



extus fiavescenti-rufis ; corpore sub tils sordidh Jiavescenti-albo ; pectorefulvo lavato ; 



mento fuscescente ; caudd fulvescenti -fused, pilis ad apicem nigris, sub t us pallidiore ; 



plagd supernh prope basin caudce, hujusque apice nigris. 



Description.— This species is considerably larger than the European fox ; its 

 form is more bulky, the limbs are shorter and stouter in proportion, the ears 

 are smaller and the tail is more bushy. The fur is long, thick, and loose. 

 The under fur is very long, abundant, and of a woolly texture. The back is 

 mottled with black and white, the former of these colours being predominant; 

 the hairs on this part are gray at the base, there is then a considerable space 

 of a pale, or whitish brown colour ; next follows a broad white ring, beyond 

 which the hairs are black. On the sides of the body the hairs are coloured 

 in the same way, excepting that the white portion is more extended, and is 

 followed by a rich yellow-brown, shaded into black as it approaches the apex 

 of each hair. Hence the general hue of the sides of the body is paler than 

 that of the back, the brown and white tints being the more conspicuous. 



