WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



may be possible that the three varieties of wolves found 

 in Pennsylvania were all variations of the one species, 

 they exhibited marked differences. The grey wolf of 

 the Northern Counties was the biggest and strongest 

 variety; his prevailing color was dark grey, his head 

 and jaws large, his ears long and pointed. The brown 

 wolf of the Eastern and Central part of the State was 

 about the size of the animal which Audubon called the 

 "red Texas wolf," or most likely the size of a male 

 coyote. It varied in color from a yellowish to a red- 

 dish brown. It had smaller and squarer ears than the 

 grey wolf of the North. The black wolf, which seldom 

 if ever was found outside of the Seven Alountains, 

 was slightly larger than the brown wolf, more rangy 

 in build, with long but narrower ears, and a tremend- 

 ous length of nose. It varied in color from a sooty 

 grey, or hyena, color, to a jet, shiny black. Its tail was 

 often so devoid of hair, especially in summer, as to 

 resemble a black curved stick. It was the swiftest 

 runner of all the three varieties. It was very moder- 

 ate in its diet, and seldom attacked sheepfolds. It 

 would have been an ideal animal for coursing with 

 dogs. Audubon gives the height of a Western grey 

 wolf as 2 feet 5 inches. C. W. Dickinson says the 

 Pennsylvania grey wolf was the height of a greyhound. 

 A Pennsylvania black wolf was said to be "about the 

 height of a half-breed shepherd dog." A Pennsylvania 

 brown wolf "resembled in height and general appear- 

 ance a small sized foxhound." From these meagre pen 

 pictures perhaps those interested in the wolves of the 



