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reports that wolves were observed in October, 1858, at Port 

 Kennedy, and in May, 1859, by Lieutenant Hobson on King 

 William Land. Kennedy records one seen in the central 

 part of Prince of Wales Land in April, 1852. While in the 

 Barren Grounds to the northeast of Fort Rae in the early 

 spring of 1894, Russell found wolves rather common. Of a 

 band of six, two were snow white, the others a light gray. 

 During his exploring trip between Great Slave Lake and Hud- 

 son Bay in 1900, J. W. Tyrrell found large wolves on the east 

 side of Artillery Lake. J. M. Bell informs me that during the 

 same season he occasionally saw wolves near . . . the eastern 

 end of Great Bear Lake. Hanbury, while traveling overland 

 between Baker Lake and the Arctic coast in the early spring of 

 1902, noted an occasional wolf. On April 30, when the party 

 was near latitude 67 between Lake Garry and Ogden Bay, 

 Darrell, his companion, encountered a band of 16 large wolves. 

 Darrell writes me that of this band 13 were of the ordinary 

 dirty white color, 2 were nearly black, and 1 pied. He states 

 that though these wolves live largely on caribou they are not 

 very successful in killing these animals unless they can separate 

 one from the herd, and that they always seem to be starving 

 . . . The band of 16 was the largest pack seen, the animals 

 usually being found singly or in pairs, though occasionally half 

 a dozen were observed together." 



It seems clear that this race of wolf is nowhere very common 

 but is found in small companies or more often singly or in 

 pairs scattered over a large area and is not likely to become 

 exterminated for a long time. How great an area the animals 

 may cover in their search for food may not be possible to find 

 out, but it must be considerable, extending as it does to the 

 Arctic Archipelago. With the accumulation of specimens in 

 later years, a critical comparison is needed to demonstrate the 

 validity of the Ellesmere Land and Greenland races in com- 

 parison with that of this area. 



SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF 



CANIS LUPUS YOUNGI Goldman 



Canis lupus youngi Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 18, p. 40, Feb., 1937 ("Harts Draw, 

 north slope of Blue Mountains, 20 miles northwest of Monticello, San Juan 

 County, Utah"). 



FIGS.: Grinnell, Dixon, and Linsdale, 1937, vol. 2, figs. 208-214 (as C. I. nubilus). 



