68 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 
Var. B. Lupus atsus. White Wolf. 
White Wolf. Lewis anp Cxiarkx, vol. i. p. 107; vol. iii. p. 263. 
Canis lupus—albus. Sasine. Franklin's Journ., p. 655. 
White Wolf. IconrEs. FRraNKLIN’s Jowrn., p. 312. Lyon’s Private Journ., p. 297. 
Wolves totally white are not uncommon in the most northern parts of America, 
particularly in districts nearly destitute of wood*. They are occasionally seen 
also on the plains of the Missouri. A Yellow Wolf, mentioned by Lewis and 
Clark, (vol. i. p. 40) may be perhaps classed with the white variety. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The White Wolf figured in Captain Franklin’s narrative above referred to, was killed near 
Fort Enterprise, in February, 1821. Its ears were short and erect. Its fur was long and 
of a yellowish-white colour over the whole body, the nose alone having a slight tinge of gray. 
Its DimENsions were as follows :— 
Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. 
Length of head and body : : 2 4 4 Girth before the hind legs 4 2 0 
<5 tail . riot a Length?of fore-leg and foot with toons 1 8 
Height at both fore eral hind arenes 5 2 10 35 hind ditto ditto ditto 1 10 
Girth behind the fore-legs | ¢ . 6 6 ; 
Var. C. Lupus Sticte. Pied Wolf. 
Wolves having black colours instead of gray, distributed in large patches on 
the sides, are sometimes seen in the fur countries, associated with the Common 
Gray Wolves. On the banks of the Mackenzie, I saw five young wolves leaping 
and tumbling over each other, with all the playfulness of the puppies of the 
domestic dog, and it is not improbable that they were all of one litter. One of 
them was pied, another entirely black, and the rest shewed the common gray 
colours. Iwas unable to procure a specimen of the Pied Wolf. 
* Muller informs us that white wolves are found on the Jenisei ; and Regnard says that the Lapland wolves “ are 
almost all of a whitish-gray colour ; there are some of them white.” It is desirable that these Siberian or Lapland 
wolves should be compared with the Pyrenean races. 
