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area, only two wolf trails were seen — both between Takuirbing river and 
Tikerakdjuak point. In April, 1926, on the journey from Cumberland 
gulf to Hudson strait only two or three wolf trails were noted. 
F. Milton, formerly of the Hudson's Bay Company’s post at Amadjuak 
bay, has furnished the substance of the following notes: Between March 
27 and April 6, 1922, while on a trip to the north end of Amadjuak lake, 
many wolves were seen; on February 22, 1924, wolves were numerous at 
Amadjuak lake; on September 22, 1924, two wolves were killed near 
Amadjuak bay; on October 13, 1924, wolves were troublesome around the 
reindeer herd. 
Kumlien (1879, p. 52) writes: “Wolves are frequently seen during the 
winter months on both sides of Cumberland gulf; their principal resorts, 
however, are farther inland where the reindeer herds abound”. Hantzsch 
(1913, pp. 151-153) states: that he, during June, 1910, while travelling to 
Nettilling lake and at Nettilling lake, saw several wolves; that in July, 
1910, at Tikerakdjuak point he saw a female with five young; that on 
November 7, 1910, he saw tracks of two wolves, and on December 10, 1910, 
the trail of a pack of ten, in both cases near the mouth of Koukdjitariak 
river; that on April 8, 1911, he saw the tracks of two wolves north of the 
aforementioned river. Corporal Mclnnes, R.C.M.P., informed the writer 
that in recent years wolves were numerous in Admiralty inlet and that 
Eskimo reported seeing two black animals. The Eskimo of Ponds inlet 
annually kill a number of wolves; Mr. Herodier of the Hudson’s Bay 
Company’s post at that place, in 1923, presented a summer skin to the 
Museum. 
Coloration varies considerably, both with the seasons and as between 
individual animals, some of whom are very light, and others conspicuously 
dark coloured. Underparts, sides, and legs, according to the writer’s 
observations, are, however, invariably very light coloured. A number of 
skins at Pangnirtung post, in October, 1924, were, on the whole, creamy 
white, but some had a pronounced blackish brown, dorsal stripe from 
head to tail. A creamy white specimen showing such a stripe was taken 
on December 10, 1924; the stripe is composed of long, dark, guard hairs 
thinly dispersed through fur of the creamy white colour exhibited over 
the rest of the body. The length of the specimen over all is 5 feet, the 
tail measures 16 inches, and the hind foot, 11 inches. 
A hunter’s skin, examined March 18, 1925, had a total length of 6 
feet, the tail measured 18 inches and the ear 5 inches. The general colour 
was whitish cream; the dorsal region, buffy with many dark-tipped hairs, 
especially in a narrow, line-like band down the spine; the buffy colour 
faded to, on the sides, a pale cream with short, slaty coloured, under 
hairs. The hairs of the back were 7 inches long, white to whitish cream 
at the base, slate-coloured above, whitish towards the end, and tipped 
buff and black, A narrow area on the sides was whitish and the hairs there 
were whitish throughout their length. The underparts were creamy 
wdiite. The tail was creamy white freely sprinkled with grizzly-tipped 
guard hairs, slaty at the base. Legs and face were distinctly buffy. The 
backs of the ears were pale buff. On March 23, 1925, Eskimo brought 
seventeen skins for bounty payment, to the R.C.M.P. post at Pangnirtung. 
Two colour phases were represented; fifteen skins were of the dark, black 
variety, two were a creamy or dirty white. The dark varieties varied, 
but even the lightest was easily distinguished from the pale-coloured 
