lilt COMMO.N WDl.l. 



Ill Kiiglaiid wolvcK iiiuiit still have Itccn common in Yorkfthirr in the 

 n-ign of Uicliani II., for iu the arruuiit>rulU uf Whildy AltU'V tlirrc u 

 nu cnlr)' • of a |»oyiufnl for drrwiing Molf-»kuu. They wcrr probably 

 f\tcrniinntttl in llir n-ipn of Hrtirj' VII. Tlic hut in .Scotland u kaid 

 to have brt-n •' «1 in 1743. while one it aucrtrd to have Itren 



killed in the \\n»,i...» M, ••■ • •■^ m Ireland in 1770. .should tlu-w 



vt iff iiir Ills lidWfMT, l»e Hi , It i». at any rate, rcrtaiii tlml \V«iK<» 



tiand till lO^d. and in In land down to 171' 



The aiie and pru|tortion« of the Wolf roughly meinblc tbotc of a 

 large inoAtiff, though individual*, n|iccially from different loralitie«, differ 

 jirently in i>in'. 



The pr> ' ir i!» o * ., and t' it 



npt to iiu ii .i~< Klin i>id age. i ic in .iii, ilii i^ <>{ the n*~> k, '<>, 



loint, and i-rup|MT arc btaikith with w-|lii«r tintt. There it ai. :iir 



of a tUto or a bniwn colour, amongst which whitub and bUrk-lip|)e<l 

 hairs lire intenui&ed. The thight aiid outtide* nf the legti rtxldtth y<-il<<w . 

 as is also the tail, save tlmt the end u black. The inner tide of the IiuiIm 

 i* of a dirty yellowish grey. The lower jaw, the inar)gin of the up|ier jaw, 

 the inside of the ear*, nnd the belly are more or l«-%t while. A bUrk 

 iiuirk extend** vertically fr»)in the wn»t up the fn»nt of*' ' • -■■ ' •> - 

 is sotneliineH a V-hIummiI Marl in irk uifli (Ik :i{»>-v i!..- 

 over the shoulder^ 



The form and pro|>ortions of the skull, and the ahafic and relative 

 development of the difTerent teeth, agree generally with thotc which 

 have iMrii descrilH*d in our intnxluctory chapter. 



Ill Plate I. we have a n-prvM-ntalion of a wolf from the I'yrcnec*, 

 which is of a somewhat brighter, richer tint than •' •■• ■ . .i., found 

 ill the Wolves of Cent nil Kiin)|»e ; but S{»ani»h >« .; u \ery 



much diirker, with a great deal of black in the coat, and sotnetimeii are 

 nliiiost entirely black, and but little more than twenty years ago a 

 black wolf was killed f near Dinant, in lielgiura. North- Kurupeau 



• .VtJ.K. Htrung* 'bnii-.i \ vun t uuring Iliitoric Timet." Trubnrr 



ACo. : ISSO. 



t Sec ' ArchivM Co«aMlogii|uc* ' (Bnuellet, 186S), p. 79, pUte 5. 



