502 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE CANMDE. [Juiie 25, 



Canis lupvs canadensis, Blainv. Osteogr. t. 7 (skull). 



Hah. North America (B.M.). 



Var. 1. nuhilus. " Colour light sooty or plumbeous brown." 



Canis nubilus. Say, Long's Exped. i. 168, 1822. 



C. occidentalis, var. nubilus, Spencer Baird, Mamm. N. A. 111. 



Var. 2. mexicanus. " Fur varied with grey and black ; neck 

 maned more than usual ; a black or dusky band encircling the 

 muzzle ; a dusky slope down the fore leg." — Baird. 



Catiis mexicanus, Linn. S. N. i. 60. 



C. occidentalis, var. mexicanus, S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. 1 13. 



Xoloit cuintli, Hernand. Mex. 4/9, fig. 



Lupus me.ricanus, Brisson, R. A. 237. 



Loup de Mexiqne, Buffon, N. IL xv. 149. 



Mexican Wolf, Penn. 



Cuetlachti, Fernand. N. Hisp. 7. 



Ilab. Mexico {Hernand.) ; Santa Cruz ; Sonora. 



Var. 3. ater. Black Wolf. B.M. 



Forehead of skull concave in the central line ; internal nostrils 

 narrow, parallel. 



Canis lycaon, Harlan, Fauna Amer. 12G, 1828. 



C. lupus ater. Rich. F. Bor.-Am. i. 70 ; Aud. & Bachm. N. A. 

 Quad. 126, t. . f. 7, 1851. 



C. occidentalis, var. ater, S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. 113. (Skull 

 16.5 c, B.M.) 



Hah. Florida ; Georgia. 



Var. 4. rufus. 



Mixed red and black above, lighter beneath. 



Canis lupus, var, rufus, Aud. & Bachm. N. A. Quad. ii. 240, 

 t. 82, 1851. 



C. occidentalis, var. rufus, S. Baird, Mamm. N. A. 1 13. 



Hab. Texas. 



4.. Lupus anthus. Dieb. (Fig. 3, p. 503.) B.M. 



Skull (8 16 e)— forehead flattish, rather concave ; pterygoid bones 

 converging behind. Sectorial teeth prominent in the tooth-line and 

 placed obliquely to the other teeth. Internal nostril narrow, sides 

 parallel. 



Canis anthus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. xxii. t. ; Eiippell, 

 Zool. Atlas, 44, t. 17 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. ; Gerrard, Cat. of 

 Bones of Mamm. 85. 



Hab. West Africa, Senegal (F. Cuvier) ; Algiers ; Tunis {Frazer) 

 North Africa; Egypt; ^nhvA {ROppell, Christie). 



Var. Head narrow. Skull (816 a) very hke that of L. anthis 

 (816 e), from the Zoological Gardens. The forehead and face very 

 much narrower compared with its length ; the whole length of the 

 face, from the end of the palate to the front teeth, and the canines, 

 is smaller. 



Hab. Algiers and Tunis. 



