TIIE WOLF 1 . ,., 



In this section he comprises the Common Wolf, the III.., -I; NVolf, the Dusky Wolf, and tin- \V,,lf 

 of the Southern States of Nortli America, which we shall now pi-,,.-,-,.,! I,, eonsi.l.-i. 



THE COMMON WOI,K. 



THE Common Wolf of Western Europe is in height from twenty-seven 1... (wen ty nine in,-h.-s ;,t the 

 shoulder. The general colour on the head, neck, and back, is fulvous gray ; th.' hairs lu'lng i.. 

 white at the root, then annulated with black, fulvous, and whit.', :m.l point. -.1 with Mark. Those 

 lieneath the cars, on the neck, shoulders, and buttocks, being consi.lenibU longer, furnish a kin. I of 

 main-, which particularly protects the throat all are hard and strong, especially about the nose and on 



CAMS PHIM/EVUS. 



the ears. The muzzle is black ; the sides of the cheeks and above the eyes more or less nchry, turning 

 gray with age. The upper lip and chin are white, the limbs ochry or dun, and adults have on the 

 wrists an oblique blackish band. 



The sense of smelling possessed by the wolf is peculiarly strong. He can wind his prey from a 

 very considerable distance. He runs the foot of the animal he is in pursuit of in the same manner 

 us ;i dog. His track much resembles that of a dog, but it is longer and broader. The two middle 

 claws are near together ; the outer ones somewhat wider apart ; the ball of his foot is large, and of the 

 shape of a heart. When the animal is walking, he places his hind foot on the track .if his Core foot ; 

 when trotting, three or four inches in advance of it. If there be several wolves, they often follow on 

 each other's track, so that it is not easy to distinguish their numbers. 



* Lupus vulyaris. 



