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fore-wrists is present. The grey about the eyes 
and face, in old individuals, is likewise similar; and 
in voice and manners little or no difference exists.* 
The white, or white and grey race, is found far- 
ther north towards the arctic circle, and corresponds 
with the white wolves of Norway, Sweden, and 
Lapland. It deserves to be remarked, however, of 
the white wolves, as well as the black, that neither 
intermix with the common variety, though they 
occasionally reside in the same countries. Oppian, 
we have seen, considered his fozst or whitish wolf as 
distinct, and the name of harpagus might perhaps 
be admitted for its particular epithet. The highest 
ridges of New Spain produce also a whitish wolf, 
referred by Fernandez to his Mexican species, and 
is a counterpart of the harpagus of Asia Minor. 
The Black Wolf, or lupus lycaon of America, is 
again found in corresponding latitudes. It abounds 
chiefly in the southern states of the Union, as in 
Europe we have the species in Spain and borders 
of the Mediterranean. If there be genuine black 
wolves near the arctic circle in America, we have 
found them also on the Lenas. Of the latter there 
is no distinct account beyond the observation that 
* Our drawings, made from the living animals in the 
United States, when examined in Germany, were taken to be 
of the race found about the borders of the Rhine. They were 
submitted to several Oberjaeger (foresters) and gamekeepers. 
One of these, killed in Vermont, was reported to weigh ninety- 
seven pounds. We figure a specimen with more black than 
usual about the jowl and throat. 
