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FULVOUS-NECKED FOX. 
Canis clnereo-argenteus. C. cauda recta, corpore cinereo, coll& 
laferihusfulvo. Lin. Si/sf. Nat. Gmel. p. 74. 
Ash-grey, with strait tail, and the sides of the neck fulvous. 
Der Grisfuchs. Schreb, saeugth.p. 360. t. 92. 
This Fox, according to Mr. Schreber, inhabits 
North America, and the skins are often sent over 
to Europe. The crown of the head^ neck, and 
, back, are grey, mixed with black and white : the 
finer hairs being white-grey, the coarser varied 
with black and white like a porcupine's quill : the 
ears are externally yellow-brown/ towards the 
tips mingled with black : about the ears and on 
the sides of the neck there is a fox-yellow patch : 
the throat, breast, and belly, are white : the legs 
externally yellow-brown ; on the fore legs runs, 
from above inwards, a very small black and white 
mixed stripe, which terminates below in a broader 
black one : on the hinder legs a white stripe runs 
inwards, and underneath joins with a blackish 
one : the tail is brown, mixed with a little yellow- 
ish. In size this species is inferior to the common 
Fox. It is described by Schreber, who seems in 
some doubt whether it may not be a variety of the 
Canis Virginianus (Grey Fox of Catesby). 
