426 Game of Europe, W. & N. Asia & America 



THE ANTARCTIC WOLF 



[Ciinis (Uitarcticiis) 



A very few lines will suffice for this isolated representative of the true 

 wolves, in the first place, because its native country — the Falkland Islands 

 — is visited by very tew sportsmen ; and secondly, because even there the 

 creature is very scarce, having ot late years been well-nigh exterminated. 



It is a somewhat smaller animal than the larger varieties of the covote, 

 with shorter tur and a thinner tail ; the general colour being yellowish 

 speckled with black above, and whitish below. The basal third of the 

 tail, or thereabouts, is coloured like the back, the middle third is black, 

 and the tip white, as are also the inner margins of the ears, the lips, chin, 

 and throat. 



Formerly, when they were comparatively numerous, these wolves were 

 remarkable for their total absence of fear at the presence of man, being 

 absolutely tame. Their food consisted in the old days mainly of penguins 

 and Magellanic geese. Unlike the common wolf, they are solitary, and 

 to a large extent diurnal, and they resemble foxes in their habit of 

 burrowing in the ground. Although the dogs bark during the pairing- 

 season, these animals are for the most part silent. 



THE MANED WOLF 



[Ciinis luhatiis) 



(Plate VIII. Fig. 12) 



The so-called red, or maned, wolf of South America — the aguara guazu 

 ot the natives — is a large, long- limbed, long-eared, and rough -haired 

 representative of the dog tlimily, widely difterent from all its kindred of 



