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Behind the ears, instead of the huff color found in 
most the species, it is of a soiled, brownish-gray, 
extending around the neck and to the breast, con- 
tinuing down the point and sides of the fore legs ; 
the same color is found on the exterior of the thighs, 
and extending along the posterior portion of the 
hmd leg. Under surface of the feet pale dark 
rown. Tail black above, pale brownish-yellow 
beneath. The hinder parts of the ear thinly co- 
vered with hair, white for two thirds of its breadth, 
with black for one and a half inches from its tip ; 
the remaining third, for its whole length, grizzled 
black and pale yellow, edged with white to within 
an inch of the tip of the ear. Interior of the ear 
'erj thinly scattered with white hairs, gradually 
becoming black near the exterior edge. Chin and 
throat white, pale plumbeous at the roots. The 
whole of the under surface, from between the fore 
legs throughout the abdomen, white, tinged with 
pale yellow towards the sides. Whiskers black for 
alf their length ; the remainder white. 
The above specimen was marked in the collec- 
tion A, 586. 
Another specimen, in the same collection, (mark- 
ed A, a, 586,) bears a general resemblance to the 
above, and appears to be in winter fur, whilst the 
foi mer is in its summer dress. The dimensions in 
both specimens were precisely the same. 
In this specimen the whole upper surface is a 
mixture of black and pale brown, the former color 
predominating. On the back of the neck dingy 
pale brown, blending on the throat and breast into 
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