THE COMMON WOLF. 149 
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 m 
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 beriah, 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. 
