100 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 
are white. The fur on all the under parts is white towards the roots. The outside of the 
fore-legs and posterior parts of the hind-legs are brownish-orange, the upper surfaces of the 
feet are white; and the soles are covered, with the exception of some callous spots, with 
brownish wool. The tail is full of woolly hair, but tapers at the end. The prevailing colour 
of its upper surface is yellowish-gray, with a considerable intermixture of black, and a few 
white hairs ; the under surface is brownish-orange, and the whole of the tip is black, The fur 
of the tail is ash-gray towards its base. 
Dimensions of a Hunter’s Skin:— 
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines, 
Length of head and body . 22 0 | Distance from the tip of the nose to the ante- 
99 tail " c 10 0 rior angle of the eye 5 2 0 
9 tail including the fur atits tip 12 6 > betweentheanteriorangles of the eyes 1 2 
Length of whiskers ° . 3 a 
The dimensions of a specimen described by M. F. Cuvier, are— 
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines, 
Length of head and body (English measure) 21 6 Length of tail ° . 14 0 
. head . : 5 0 Height of back 5 : 13 0 
Mr. Say gives the dimensions of the cranium of his specimen, taken by calipers, 
as follows :— 
Inches. Inches. 
The entire length from the insertion of the superior Between the insertion of the lateral muscles at the 
incisors to the tip of the occipital ridge is rather junction of the frontal and parietal bones Ss 
more than a . 435 Greatest breadth of this space on the parietat bones 2% 
The least distance between the orbital cavities - 35 
