‘THE WOLVES. 147 
refer to a canine commonly considered as a fox ; but 
it is larger, more bulky, low on the legs, with a 
hoary grey fur, rather a short brush, and tawny 
limbs. It is still not uncommon in Turkey. In the 
commentary on Fracastor’s Alcon, it is added, that 
it was short-necked, broad at the shoulder, had 
small eyes, and a pointed nose. 
The fifth, however, is not referable to a well 
known species. Black foxes might exist and prey 
upon hares. It is possible that the derboun of the 
Arabian mountains, still found in Southern Syria, is 
meant ; but the precise characters of the animal are 
not as yet well known. 
Of the wolves, properly so called, in both conti- 
nents, we shall now proceed to enumerate and de- 
scribe the existing species and varieties. We have 
not personally been able to detect any characteristic 
difference in the voice and howlings of the species 
in either hemisphere, but in fur they vary according 
to climate, or the difference of species and race. 
No true wolf has a white tip to the tail, excepting 
where albinism or the rigour of climate clothes the 
animal in a grisly white fur, and even then dark 
hairs, are commonly observable at the tip of the 
brush: the under fur of all is ashy. The typical 
livery of the group consists of various shades of 
tawny, more or less intermingled with black and 
white, causing deeper or lighter tints: the aberrant 
colours are black and fiery rufous. The species re- 
ceding from the true wolf, and more directly assimi- 
lating with domestic dogs, will be considered in the 
sequel, 
