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There are five marked colors among them in the North- 

 west, and they are called from these the gray, white, pied, 

 dusky, and black wolves ; and to these may be added the 

 red variety, which is indigenous to some southern regions. 

 The white is the most northern in its habitat; south of this 

 comes the gray and pied ; while the dusky and sooty black 

 are found largely in Southern Oregon, Northern California, 

 portions of Washington Territory, and scattered through- 

 out the whole area west of the Rocky Mountains. I have 



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seen the latter principally in trappean countries, as if nat- 

 ure intended their color to harmonize with their surround- 

 ings, the better to enable them to secure food and escape 

 enemies. 



The American wolf differs in several points from its 

 European congener; indeed, it resembles an Esquimau 

 dog more than it does the' latter. The main differences 

 are that it has shorter ears, a broader forehead, a thicker 

 muzzle, shorter legs, broader feet, and a finer fur, and 



