378 BRANT, CORSAC, AND SCARAGAN FOX* 
Brant fox. 
This is less than the common fox, and has a 
thicker and dusker fur, though sometimes, on the 
contrary, it is much brighter and redder than that 
species, as mentioned by Linnaeus in his Fauna 
Suecica ; the tail is tipped with black. 
Corsac FOX. 
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The colour of this species is in summer, a clear 
yellow ferruginous ; in winter, mixed or shaded 
with grey, deeper on the back, white on the belly, 
and reddish on the feet ; the eyes are surrounded 
with a border of white, and a brownish stripe runs 
from them down the nose ; the ears are of the 
same colour with the back, as is likewise the tail, 
but the base and tip are blackish ; the ears are 
short ; the tail almost as long as the body ; the 
size of this animal is less than that of the common 
fox. It is an inhabitant of the hilly parts, be- 
tween Jaik and Irtish ; where it resides in its den 
underground, and commits great ravages among 
the game. It is hunted by the inhabitants of those 
regions .with falcons and dogs, and it is said that 
not less than forty or fifty thousand are 1 annually 
taken. These are sold to the Russians for about 
forty kopecks (about twenty pence) each ; a vast 
number of their skins are said to be sent intc 1 
Turkey. 
; .A 
Karagan fox. 
This is a small species, which, according to 
Dr. Pallas, is very common in almost all parts of the 
Kirghision deserts, and Great Tartary. Its gcne^ 
ral colour is of a wolf-grey ; the head yellowisbj 
