WOLF DAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 41 



C. W. Dickinson adds : "At the time I wrote the 

 items about wolves in Pennsylvania, I was driven hard 

 with work, so coukl not possibly look over any of my 

 old records, so had to give you the size of our grey 

 wolves by comparing them to a grayhound. Since 

 then, I have found the measurement taken of a female 

 wolf I caught in June, 1869. 



This wolf measured from tip of nose to end of tail 

 57^ inches. From end of nose to base of tail 42 

 inches, length of tail ISyi inches. From heel of fore 

 foot to top of shoulders hair pressed down 261/2 

 inches. The tusks IjA inches from the edge of gums 

 to the point of the tooth. I took the measurement of 

 the head from end of nose to base of vertebra but 

 time had obliterated this so that I cannot make it out. 



The wolf in the zoo (see photographs) as he is trav- 

 eling around in his cage, is about 40 inches from nose 

 to base of tail. If his nose is raised to a line with his 

 back, he would be an inch or more longer. His tail is 

 about lo inches. He stands about 24 inches high at 

 top of shoulders. One thing I have omitted was the 

 measurement of the ears of the female Pennsylvania 

 wolf recorded above. This was done by holding the 

 ear down so it was about level, then placing the end of 

 a rule against the head, thus measuring the top side of 

 the ear, which was 4 inches. The extreme length was 

 to end of tail bone, plus the skin, and not to the end of 

 the hair on the tail." 



According to John Q. Dyce the wolves sometimes 

 selected two dens for their breeding operations. One 



