12 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



(after it, together with its female, had destroyed nearly two hundred fowls) bitterly 

 complained of its craftiness. From this bold curiosity in the disposition of the 

 Culpeu, Molina thought that it was the same animal as that described by Byron 

 at the Falkland Islands, but we now know that they are different. The Culpeu 

 burrows holes under ground, often wanders about by day, is very strong and fleet. 

 When riding one day in the valley of Copiapo, accompanied by a half-bred grey- 

 hound, I happened to come across one of these foxes ; and although the ground 

 was, in the first part of the chase, level, it soon entirely distanced its pursuer. 

 Whilst running, it barked so like a dog, that until it had run some way a-head of 

 the greyhound, I could not tell from which animal the noise proceeded. After the 

 Culpeu had reached the mountains, it made a sudden bend from its course, and 

 returned in a nearly parallel line, but at the base of a steep cliff of rock ; it 

 then quietly seated itself on its haunches, and seemed to listen with much satis- 

 faction to the dog, which was running the scent on the mountain side, above its 

 head."— D. 



3. Cams fulvipes. 



Plate VI. 



Canis fulvipes, Martin, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837, p. 11. 



C. supra niger, albo adspersus, capite lateribusque fuscis, sordide albo nigroque 

 adspersis; rostro superior e, mentoque fusco-nigricantibus ; guld, labiis superioribus, 

 femoribusque ad partem anteriorem^sordidh albis; pectore abdominequefuscescentibus; 

 auribus externh rufo-castaneis ; brachiis interne, tarsis, digitisque fuscescenti-fulvis ; 

 artubus posticis extus supra calcem f usco-nigrescentibus ; caudce colore ad basin ut 

 in corpore, apice nigro. 



Description. — This species is considerably less than the common European fox, 

 (Canis Vulpes, Auct.) its weight probably would scarcely exceed half that of 

 the latter animal. The form of the body is stout, the limbs are short and 

 rather slender ; the head is also short, and the muzzle is pointed ; the ears are 

 of moderate size. The tail is about equal to half the whole length of the 

 body, head included ; and compared with that of ordinary foxes, is much less 

 bushy, especially at the base. The general hue of this animal is very dark ; 

 the fur is rather short, and harsh to the touch ; the under fur is abundant, and 

 of a woolly texture. On the back, all the hairs are of a deep brown colour, 

 annulated with white near the apex, and black at the apex. When the fur is 





