44 ZOOLOGY. 



a. White Wolves. — Lewis & Clark, i, 107; iii, 203 ; Franklin's Journ., 312. — 

 Canis lupus, albus, Saline, Jouni., 052 ; Rich., P. B. A., i, 1829,68; A. & B. 

 ii, 15t!, pi. 72. White, pure or washed with yellowish, with or without black- 

 tipped tail. Among the largest. Northerly and alpine. 



/*. Grizzled Wolves. — C. variabilis, Maxim., Reise Nord-Atn., 1841, ii, 95. — C. 

 griseo-albus, Baird, 104. — G. oocidentalis var. griseo-albus, Newb., P. Ii. It. 

 Rep., vi, 1857, .'37; Suckl. & Gills, 1'. R. R. Rep., xii, 1859, pt. ii, 110; 

 Suckl., ibid., 90; Goues, Am. Nat., i, 1807, 2S8. — G. occidentalis, Coop., P. 

 R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 1859, 75 (includes a and c). White, more or less exten- 

 sively grizzled with gray. Large, and rather northerly. An indeterminate 

 link between a and — 



c. Gray and Brindled Wolves. — C. lupus of Authors ; Lewis & Clark, i, 20(1, 

 283; Saline, 054; Allen, Bull. M. C. Z., ii, 1871, p. 10S. — G. lupus, a. 

 griseus, Rich., F. B. A., 1829, i, GO; A. & B., iii, 279.— C. oocidentalis, 

 DbKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 42, pi. 27, f. 2. — Lupus occidentalis, Peale, U. 

 S. Ex. Ex., 1848,20; Marcy, Expl. Bed River, 1852, 200.— Lupus gigas, 

 Towns., Proc. Phila, Acad. Nat. Sci., 1850, ii, 75. Gray, of variable shade 

 and pattern, generally brindled; darker along the dorsal aspect, paler or 

 white below ; little or no rufous. Medium size. Most general distribution. 



</. Red Wolves. — O. lupus var. rufus, A. & B., ii, 240, pi. 82. — C. occidentalis var. 

 ru/us, .Bd., 113. Mixed reddish and black, paler below. Small. Southerly, 

 especially Texas. 



e. Dusky Wolves. — C. nubilus, SAY, Long's Exped., 1823, i, 168: Godm., Am. Nat. 

 Hist., 1831, vol. i, 205 ; Woodh., Sitgr. Rep., 1854, 45. — C. mexicanus, Gin. S. 

 N., 1788, i, 71. — C. occidentalis, vars. nubilus and mexicanus, Bd., Ill, 113. — 

 ? C. nigrirostris. Dusky or plumbeous brown, with or without darker muz- 

 zle-band and leg-stripe. Small. Chiefly southerly. 



/. Black Wolves.— C. lupus ater, Rich., F. B. A., 1829, i, 70; A. & B., ii, 120, pi. 

 07. — C. occidentalis var. ater, Bd., 113. — C. lycaon, Harlan, Fu. Am., 1825, 

 120. Black or nearly so. Small. Chiefly southerly, especially Florida. 



CANIS LATRANS, Say. 



Prairie Wolf; Coyote". 



Canis latrans, Say, in Long's Exped. R. Mts., i, 1823, 108.— Harlan, Fn. Am., 1825, 

 83.— Fischer, Synopsis, 1829, 183.— Rich., F. B. A., i, 1829, 731, pi. iv.— 

 Uougiity's Cab. Nat, Hist,, i, 1830, 73, pi. 7.— Maxim., Reise, ii, 1841, 90.— 

 Aud. & Bach., Q, N. A., ii, 1851, 150, pi. 71.— Bd., M. N. A., 1857, 113 — 

 COUES, Am. Nat., i, 1807, 289; 1873, 385. 



Canis frustror, Woodiiouse, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v, Oct., 1850, 147; v, Feb., 

 1851, 157; Sitgreave's Exped. to Znfii and Colorado R.. 185.'!, 40, pi. i. 



Canis ochropus, Eschscil, Zool. Atl., 1829, i, pi. 11. — Gray, Zool. Voy. Sulphur, 

 1844, 32, pi. 10. 



u Lyciscus cajottis, H. Smith, Nat, Lib., iv, 104." 



Prairie Wolf and Burrowing Dog, Lewis & Clark. 



Coyote, Mexicans & Frontiersmen. 



