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NORTIT AMERICAN PRAIRIE WOLF. 
Lyciscus latrans. 
PLATE V. 
Tuts species, partly residing in the higher latitudes 
of the western continent, is the object of Dr Rich- 
ardson’s principal remarks, in his account of the 
American wolves. They are described by this acute 
and persevering investigator, as occupying the high 
sandy plains between the sources of the Saskatche- 
wan and the Missouri. They burrow like foxes, 
and come out of their holes, assembling round the 
hunter on the first report of a gun, with evident 
hopes of sharing in the spoils of his sport. They 
are exceedingly swift of foot, assemble in great 
numbers, hunt in large packs, and have a barking 
voice. In the form of the head, the muzzle, nose, 
and position of the eyes, the specimen we have seen 
greatly resembled the northern shepherd’s dog ; the 
fur was entirely of an ashy grey, as described by 
former naturalists, but there was some white about 
the breast, and even in the end of the tail, which 
was more bushy than in the common wolf. Although 
all these distinctive characters are trivial, yet in their 
ageregate they remove this animal from the group 
