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VIRGINIAN FOX. 
Canis Virginianus. C. cauda recta, corpore ex cinereo albicante, 
Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 74. 
Whitish-grey, with strait tail. 
Grey Fox. Cateshys Carolina. 2. p. 'jS. pi. 'jS. 
Grey Fox. Fennant Quadr. i.p. 259. 
The Virginian Fox seems to have been first de- 
scribed by Catesby. It resembles the common 
Fox in shape: has a sharp nose, long, sharps up- 
right ears^ long legs, and a bushy tail : its colour 
is a whitish-grey, with a cast of red about the 
ears. It inhabits the warmer parts of North 
America, particularly Carolina and Virginia. It 
is said never to burrow under ground like the 
common Fox, but to inhabit hollow trees : it is 
destitute of the strong smell of the common Fox ; 
is easily tamed, and is said to prey chiefly on 
poultry, birds, &c. 
SILVERY FOX. 
Canis Argentatus. C. fuscus,pilis longioribus argenteo-albis. 
Dog of a deep brown-coiour, with the longer hairs of a silvery 
white. 
Silvery Dog. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 260. 
Le Renard argente. Ckarkwix Kouv. Franc, i.p. 196. 
In form this resembles the common Fox. It 
is of a deep brown-colour, with the longer or ex- 
terior hairs of a silvery white, giving a highly 
