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white on cheeks, chest, and inside of hind-legs. The upper 

 part of the muzzle, crown, and outer side of each limb and the 

 entire plantar surface of each foot is tinged a clear pale sienna. 

 On the backs of the ears the sienna is much deeper and 

 stronger. Beginning on the muzzle between the eyes are 

 many black-tipped hairs, which increase in length and num- 

 ber and continue over head, upper neck, shoulder, and back 

 to the basal third of the tail, where they end in a black spot 

 an inch wide and two inches long. After this the tail hairs 

 are faintly tipped brownish-black; the tail itself ending in 

 a dark tip of blackish hairs, with a few white ones interspersed. 



The under-fur is brownish gray on the under parts, be- 

 coming much darker on the limbs and much browner and 

 darker on upper parts generally. 



The dark spot on the tail near its base is formed by a 

 curious tuft of black-tipped hairs, below which there is no 

 wool or under-fur, but evidently a skin odour-gland. 



The claws are dark horn-colour. 



Compared with a number of Coyote skins taken at the 

 same place, there is no absolute difference. The Coyotes 

 are more strongly tinged with sienna above, and more nearly 

 pure white below. Also, their under-fur on the back is a rich 

 brown instead of dark gray-brown. But they have the tail- 

 gland, and there is little but size to distinguish them when 

 living. 



The above colour description of the Gray-wolf agrees 

 exactly with Merriam's colour description of the Coyote quoted 

 on pages 790-791. So far as can be told from outside charac- 

 ters, the Winnipeg Wolf killed near Winnipeg (see later) was 

 a gray Buffalo-wolf. But E. W. Darbey had 6 skins from 

 Riding Mountain that are puzzling; i is pure white, 5 are 

 nearly black, and yet all belong to one pack, probably one 

 family; so that colour seems to count for little. 



The New Mexican specimen here detailed represents the 

 prevalent colour. 



But individuals are found of any shade, from white to 

 deep yellow and almost black. Its size, short tail, short, wide- 



