4 1111. LOMM't.N Wt'l.F. 



Liijjiu ttiele, Rirhanlsoii, Fnuna H.-Aiu«ricaiu, p. 08 (1820). 

 Le Loup, niiffon, Hiit. N»t. vol. vii. p. 39 (175H), and S it, 



\ ' 101-217 {17Ky); F ( "vuT. Hi»i. ....> .i.-. 



vol. ii. (IH'il). 



RiacK Vah.i . •. 

 Aj/frton. Krxlcljcn, Sy.t. Nat. (Maiuiiiali*), p. 500 (1777). 

 runw /ycfloii, I V-»miin-»t, Mamm«l..gv, p. 19H (IH20); IlarUn, Fauna 



\ . -. - f , :■ ■, , ■ -M. 



LupuM atrr.U.. ..... -. I ., . * "•» 



and Harliinan, Uua(lru|M'«lt of N. Amrr. vol. u. p. 120, 

 pi. 07 (|H.-,l). 



< ,. nh/rr. Scbl.r, 1'. Z. S. I87i, p. 05 », pi. 7«. 



/.'-i.y/ Hoir, l»iitr..n, lli>(. Nat. vol. it. p. 302, pi. 11 ; F. Cuvicr, Hi»t. 

 Nat. Ac* Mammifrrr*, rol. ii. 



NViiire VAaimr. 

 Camis [Lupms) allms, Sabinr, in Fraiiklin'i Joaniry to Polar Sea, p. 055 



(lH-'3); .n,Qu»dni|- ' ' ^ Amrr. 



vol. ii. |i 1 . , 

 LtipuM albuM, Kirhanikun, Fauna Il.-.Vnirnraiia, p. OH. 



Tins niiimal is tlu- largest iiiui unit dn-n<it-d of the CtniiLc. 1(» 

 fiTocity uiul lite ravages often inntic by wolvin on- iimttom of roinmuii 

 notoriety, so tlint even natnnilistH, followiniz Hntfon, have dt"clarc«l it to 

 III- really uiitumaltic and inai|)a)ilc of tnie attAchnu-nt. We have, 

 however, onrsclves imxmi n Spaniili hlii--wolf of cstrenie fjentlenc**. She 

 would come to l>c caressed, wagging her tail, ami ohowtng the 8ign» of 

 pleasure a domestic dog would exhiliit. F. Cuvier devrilM-» one «hich 

 had been hmught up in domesticity, was |K-rfeetly tame and very 

 -'trongly attai-lied to its master, who presented it to the Jardin dc« 

 Plantes. Thus left, it became for a time gloomy and ate little, but after- 

 wards began to attach itself to its keepers. Eighteen months later it» 

 ol«l master came to see it, and at the first sound of his voice it was 

 violently excited. On being set free, it lavished on its master all the 

 caresses a dog would bestow. Ik-ing again tried in the same way, 

 for a period of three years, it once more exhibited, in a similar manner, 

 on its master's return, the tenacity of its memory and the vivacity 

 of its attachment. There is no doubt but that wolves arc easily tamed 



