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In some previous citations of the synonymes of this species, I find that 

 Dr. Richardson has on several occasions been incorrectly quoted, first by 

 I)e Kay and afterwards by Baird ; his name, Can is luj>us, occidental in, 

 having been rendered by them " Can is (Lupus) occidentalism thu9 incor- 

 rectly conveying the impression that he regarded the wolf of North 

 America as distinct from the European, and as also having placed it in 

 a sub-genus (Lupus) of Canis. Dr. Richardson, however, expressly states 

 that he did not regard them as distinct, and did not wish to further bur- 

 den the science by imposing a new name to indicate what at most he 

 thought might be but a geographical race. 



Canis lupus. 



Canis lupus Linn/EUS, Syst. Nat., I, 17G7, 58. 

 " mexicanus Ib., 60. 



" " Shaw, Gen. Zoo]., I, 1800, 296. 



" " Desmorest. Mam., I, 1S20, 199. 



" Fischer, Syn., 1829, 183. 



" " Berlandier, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil., V, 1851, 157. 



" lupus, albus Sabine. Franklin's Journ, 652. 

 " lupus, griseus Ib., 654. 



" lujms, occidentalis Richardson, Faun. Bor. Amer., I, 1829, 60. 

 " " " var. A, griseus, lb., 66. 



" " " B, albus, lb., 68. 



" " " " C, sticte, lb., 68. 



" " " D. nubilus, lb., 69. 



" " " " E, aler, lb., 70. 



" lupus Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, 84. 



" lupus, var. aler Audubon and Baciiman, Quad. N. Am., II, 1851, 126, pi. 67. 

 " " " albus In., 156, pi. 72. 



" " rufus Ib., 240, pi. 82. 



" " Emmons, Quad. Mass., 1838, 26; lb., 1840, 28. 

 " nubilus Say, Long's Exped. R. Mts., I, 1823, 168. 

 " " Harlan, Faun. Amer., 84. 



" lycaon In., 126. 

 " variabilis Maximilian. Reise in das innere Nord Amer., II, 1841, 95. 



" In., Arch. Naturgesch., XXVII, 1861, 247. 

 " (ji'jas Townsend, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. (2d series), II, 1850, 75. 

 " uccidentalis, var. griseo-albus Baird, N. Am. Mam., 1857, 104, pi. 31. 

 " " " nubilus Ib., 111. 



" " " mexicanus Ib., 113. 



" " ater Ib., 113. 



" " rufus Ib., 113. 



J.upus occidenlalis De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. I, i, 1842, 42, pi. 26, fig. 2. 



4. Vulpes vulgaris. ( V. fulvus Rich., and of mo9t modern 

 authors.) Red Fox. More or less common throughout the State. 



