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jioiaoncil hy meant of n il<.i<t r:irrri&« or iiii-at Irft alwut fur tlu-iii. 

 liratcd with stnchiiiii' . i» oftni ni(il>c<l in to make the 



Imit more altrartivt', a«tl)c Prairie- Wulf i* \erT fund of the odour of the 

 ln»t-nanir<l »ul>»taner. 



It is a wry common animal in 'IVxat. uul thence wevtwanN to the 

 i-oast. Dr. KrniK-rly i« (|iioli-<l liy lUird a* uyinj; lliat it it not vtry 

 Kuift. and mn \>f nndih n\rrlaKen on the o|ien plaim liy a hopM* of 

 orihnur)- flwln(-»«. IK- mld» ; — "I have neier kno«ii i! nitack the 

 larger c|iiadni|M-il». It •rrmt to de|Kiid motlly for* o in the 



deaert region in hunting ralihits. rats, roung lunU, tie. 1 have nevrr 

 known It to attack a man, unlew* wounded, «lien it drfrnds itM-lf with 

 Iterreneaa and detpcrn' It may. Iiowever. be kill(-<i Ity a tin^'le 



giMMl.nited dog, aJdioii^ti It turn Imx-u known to make a very good tight 

 ngatn»t thrrt* In the tune of |{|cliartl»on (1^21') It wa* common uii 

 (he plaini of Mi*.M>uri and ^a«l it, !,. u m ihr animaU »lar1ing fmni lh<- 

 earth in great nuiu)>rni on . n of n (nit>, gathering round 



in e\|)retation of getting llie offal of aonie - red aniinaL 



l>r. Franttiut has etpre«.*rd an opinion that it baa only lircome an 

 inhabitant of Central America in recent time*. Towani* the aouth of 

 that region it M<em« of Ute to ' I in ntiiiil»en, and he 



thinks It proluilile that it oiil\ >: (Im- \urlh afirr the 



invaition i>f the S|MiniartU h.id dr»' - <>>><l <lnnini»hed the 



|Ktpulation of the M-ini*cHiliird »tii' d by them. 



The I*niirie.\Volv(>« breed in rrtn-att among rockt or underground 

 burrows. The young are Ikihi in May and June, and numlM'r five or 

 six in a litter, and, it is said, sometimet ten These animals brretl 

 readily witli tl« 



Our illuslralc'ii i i i.it< IX.) is taken from mi iiinmuiiai utm^ m liu- 

 Z<>«ili.i»u-al ."Society's cnJliTtion. 



1 (xiloiir of the I*nime*I>og is said by Coues to vary somewhat with 

 the seasim, fn>ni a rather bnght lawny brown in summer, to greyish 

 or quite grey in winter, overlaid, in either case, with a clouding of 

 black. This black tint is not uniform, but tends to fonu stripes along 

 the back nnd across the shoulders and hi(». The underparts arc dingy 

 white. The up|M.>r surface of the miuile, the outside of the cars and of 



