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SWIFT FOX. 
the roots, for three-fourths of its length, of a light brownish gray colour, 
then yellowish brown, then a narrow ring of black, then a larger ring 
of pure white, slightly tipped at the apical part with black. The upper 
part of the nose is pale yellowish brown, on each side of which there 
is a patch of brownish, giving it a hoary appearance in consequence of 
some of the hairs being tipped with white ; moustaches black ; upper 
lip margined by a stripe of white hairs. There is a narrow blackish 
brown line between the white of the posterior angle of the mouth, which 
is prolonged around the margin of the lower lip. The upper part of 
the head, the orbits of the eyes, the cheeks and superior surface of the 
neck, back, and hips, covered with intermixed hairs, tipped with brown, 
black, and white, giving those parts a grizzled colour. Towards the pos- 
terior parts of the back there are many long hairs interspersed, that 
are black from the roots to the tip. The sides of the neck, the chest 
the shoulders and flanks, are of a dull reddish orange colour ; the lower 
jaw is white, with a tinge of blackish brown on its margins ; the throat, 
belly, inner surface of legs, aad upper surface of feet, are white. The 
outside of the forelegs, and the posterior parts of the hindlegs, are brown- 
ish orange. The slight hairs between the callosities of the toes are 
brownish. The tail is on the under surface yellowish gray with a mix- 
ture of black, and a few white hairs ; the under surface is brownish 
yellow and black at the end. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Feet. Inches. 
From point of nose to root of tail. 
Tail, (vertebrae,) ... 
“ to end of hair, .... 
From tip of nose to end of head. 
Between the eyes, .... 
Breadth between the ears, . 
Weight 8i lbs. 
Measurement of a young animal killed at Fort Union. 
From point of nose to root of tail, . . . j 
Tail, (vertebrae,) 0 4* 
“ to end of hair, ...... q 5f 
Width at the shoulders, 0 7i 
Length of head, q 
Between the eyes, ... ..oqt 
Breadth between the ears, o ij 
1 8 
0 9f 
1 0 
0 
0 If 
0 2 | 
