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Canis Aureus Indicus, scarcely differs, as a variety, from the type of Pallas and 

 Guldenstadt : is two feet long and seventeen inches high : the head seven, the tail eleven and 

 half, the ears three inches in length : Above, dark or iron gray, with a pale rusty tino-e— 

 below, whitish: tip of the tail and a patch on tlio chin and on either fore arm, blackish: 

 weight twenty pounds. Feeds chietly on carrion, preys by night, is fearless and familiar, 

 found every where, seldom abroad by day, does not usually burrow. 



Canis VuLPES Indicus, new: has some affinity with the Corsac: is twenty-one inches 

 long and twelve high : the head five, the tail twelve, and ears three and quarter inches in 

 length: Above, pale or ashen gray, with a very pale rusty tinge— below, yellowish; a 

 dark line from the eyes to tiie nostrils : Tail reaching to the sole of the foot, black- 

 tipped. Remarkable among its congeners for the acuteness of its canine teeth and of its 

 nails. Feeds chiefly on insects and vermes, preys by day and by night, constantly abroad 

 by day, very familiar, resides in burrows on open dry plains, found all over India, 

 excepting the hills. Weight seven to eight pounds. 



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