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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 
assured by Mr. Low, an intelligent sealer, who has long frequented these islands, 
that the wolves of West Falkland are invariably smaller and of a redder colour 
than those from the Eastern island ; and this account was corroborated by the 
officers of the Adventure, employed in surveying the archipelago. Mr. Gray, of 
the British Museum, had the kindness to compare in my presence the specimens 
deposited there by Captain Fitzroy, but he could not detect any essential 
difference between them. The number of these animals during the last fifty 
years must have been greatly reduced ; already they are entirely banished from 
that half of East Falkland which lies East of the head of St. Salvador Bay and 
Berkeley Sound ; and it cannot, I think, be doubted, that as these islands are 
now becoming colonized, before the paper is decayed on which this animal has 
been figured, it will be ranked amongst those species which have perished from 
the face of the earth.” — D. 
2. Canis Magellanicus. 
Plate V. 
Canis Magellanicus, Gray, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, part iv. 1836, p. 88. 
Vulpes Magellanica, Gray, Magazine of Natural History, New Series, 1837, vol. i. p. 578. 
C. suprd albo nigroque variegatus ; lateribus fulvescente fuscoque lavatis ; capite 
fusco-flavo et albescente adsperso ; rostro superne obscuriore ; auribus, artubusque 
extus jlavescenti-rufis ; corpore subtils sordid i jlavescenti-albo ; pectore fulvo lavato ; 
mento fuscescente ; caudd fulvescenti -fused, pilis ad apicem nigris, subtils pallidiore ; 
plaga supernh prope basin caudce, huj usque apice nigris. 
Description. — This species is considerably larger than the European fox ; its 
form is more bulky, the limbs are shorter and stouter in proportion, the ears 
are smaller and the tail is more bushy. The fur is long, thick, and loose. 
The under fur is very long, abundant, and of a woolly texture. The back is 
mottled with black and white, the former of these colours being predominant; 
the hairs on this part are gray at the base, there is then a considerable space 
of a pale, or whitish brown colour ; next follows a broad white ring, beyond 
which the hairs are black. On the sides of the body the hairs are coloured 
in the same way, excepting that the white portion is more extended, and is 
followed by a rich yellow-brown, shaded into black as it approaches the apex 
of each hair. Hence the general hue of the sides of the body is paler than 
that of the back, the brown and white tints being the more conspicuous. 
