322 CORSAC FOX. 
In his Arctic Zoology, Mr. Pennant observes, that 
the British variety of the Fox with a black tip on 
the tail seems unknown in America. Mr. Pen- 
nant's American Brant Fox must be, therefore, ei- 
ther a variety of the other, or a distinct species. 
CORSAC FOX. 
Canis Corsac. C. cauda recta fuka, bad apiceque digra. Idn, 
Syst. Nat. Gmel. pi 74. 
With strait fulvous tail, with the base and tip white. 
Korsaki. Pall. neue. nord. Beytr. i. 29. 
The colour of this species is, in summer, a 
clear yellow-ferruginous; in winter mixed or 
shaded with grey, deeper on the back, white on 
the belly, and reddish on the feet ; the eyes are 
surrounded with a border of white ; and a brown- 
ish stripe runs from them down the nose: the 
ears are of the same colour with the back, as is 
likcAvise the tail, but the base and tip are black- 
ish : the ears are short : the tail almost as long as 
the body : the size of this animal is less than that 
of the common Fox. It is an inhabitant of the 
hilly parts between Jaik and Irtisch, where it re- 
sides in its den under ground, and commits great 
ravages among the game. It is hunted by the 
inhabitants of those regions with Falcons and 
Dogs, and it is said that not less than forty or fifty 
thousand are annually taken. These are sold to 
the Russians for about forty kopeiks (about twenty 
pence) each : a vast number of the skins are said to 
