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In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light 

 grey ; the hair being a mixture of sandy and ash ; 

 on the nose and lips, and upon the limbs, the sandy 

 tint predominates. The eyes are very small, and their 

 whole aspect is peculiarly savage and sinister. 



The Swedish and Norwegian wolves are similar 

 to the Russian in form, but appear heavier and 

 deeper at the shoulder. Those towards the north 

 are still whiter, the mixture of colour being white 

 with a varying quantity of ashy and black ; but in 

 winter totally white. 



The Alpine wolves are brownish-grey, and smaller 

 than the French. Those of Italy, and to the east- 

 ward towards Turkey, are fulvous, with a slight 

 mixture of black, evidently the same as they were 

 in ancient times, the epithet fulvous being bestowed 

 upon them by Virgil. 



The wolves of Asia Minor are nearly the same 

 in colour, but the fulvous is redder and more predo- 

 minant. 



In India there are two species referred to the 

 wolf; one not larger than a greyhound, commonly 

 known by the name of heriah^ is of a light fox- 

 colour, inclining to dun, with a long head and ears 

 like those of a jackal ; slenderly made, but bony. 

 The tail is long and not very hairy. The other is 

 somewhat smaller, and belongs to our group of 

 lyciscus. 



All the foregoing animals appear to be essentially 

 tenants of woody regions. 



