10 TUB COMMON WOLF. 



It is viTV n\tv\y that ii-> ^<»i-<- is heard, oiiil it docs not howl like the 

 Kun>|Kaii Wolf. It* lir. .1110 w from alwut the middle of OctnU-r 



to nlxiiit the end of Deci'iiilK-r. but iniMtly in I)ivcml»er. Tlic young 

 ruh« ore Mind, and have the eon drooping. Their general c«l»»ur it 

 sooty hrown on the surface, the rools of ' < being • light tan 



colour, ' ''v on the head and (lank*, i ■ ) >•' ;i niilk-while 



chest-'i|>'., ■'■n the tip < '' •' ' u\ uwi*.:.. Aiur a tune »!i' 



clle»t•^|Mlt ii. -., , I- "ii<l I' : hy n lrm]K)rary dark o ! ir 



helieatli tin- lierk * 



The Indian Wolf i« nmnrkal*!'* Uilh for iU tprrtl and its |>ower« of 

 eiidnroiu) . Dr. Jenhm telU uaf:— "I have known wolves tuni on 

 dogK thnt were nuuiing at their heeU and purnue them •mortJy till 

 el<»<if up to my Imr 

 pursuit of a fox. »•■<< >• « 

 wards, or the wolf iii.fjlit 1. 



He sat down on his h . about sitty vti. whiUt the «! ^■ 



were worrying the foi, looking on wiih great ap|Mirrnt interest, and 

 was with dilltcultv driven owav. ' 



« • 



The Americin variety of the wolf, whieli ha* JKvn named Caint 

 ■ ' • r»uade<l ' ' ' ' ' ! k|M-rie!i 



li.Mu ii.i. ■ i 1 ," . 1... ...... riM)'' - ■■ ■ .. ..'ixlmne 



\nnetie,t are greater than any wi. !li.(»<> fonn* of 



l!un)|H-an and .\mericnn wolves which arc moot n. .d»o an* tlic 



differences which exist iKrtwern e&trciuc varieties of the Kuro|>ean 

 Wolf. 



\Vc hnve e\aiiiined a numln-r of bkiu». endeavouring willi the 

 greatest care to detect K|H-cific ' We have f<iund the 



AiiuTican foruus less red than mo.-.. . ... j oik-si, i-sj)«-< ■ •''• '•.• 



It-gs and hinder |Mirt of the head ; but in thu they ognv w i; , 

 fnun Northcni Kuro|>e. The American skins have generally more I.. . >. 

 on the back than most Kuro|)ean ones, yet not so much as may U- 

 fi>und in many ."Spanish wolves. 



• Sec E. lionaris in • Natore,' roL xiL (1875). p. 67. 



• I • r.tin , n..r. .1 -Am< -irAjiA' (UurrsT, 1828), p. 00. 



