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ZOOLOGY. 
Measurements of specimens. 
No. 121.—Fort Steilacoom, October 10, 1856. Female. 
From nose to base of occiput. 7.00 inches. 
From nose to base of tail. 33.50 “ 
Tail vertebrae.. 6.87 “ 
From base of tail to end of liairy tip.. 7.50 “ 
Span of fore and hind foot—extreme stretch. 65.00 “ 
Easy girth behind shoulders. 18.25 “ 
This cat was fat and in good order. 
Another. No. 114 was a male killed in a farmer’s yard, near Fort Steilacoom, August 8, 
1856. It had committed many depredations upon the poultry and young pigs of the establish¬ 
ment. 
From occiput to nose. 6.50 inches. 
From nose to base of tail. 31.50 “ 
Tail vertebrae. 6.75 “ 
Tail to end of hairy tip... 7.25 “ 
Span of fore and hind legs—extreme reach. 54.00 “ 
Fore arm, about. 6.00 “ 
Another. Male; Port Townshend, December 18, 1856. No. 134. 
From nose to occiput. 7.25 inches. 
From nose to base of tail. 32.00 “ 
Tail vertebrae • • • *. 8.00 “ 
Tail to end of hairy tip. 8.50 “ 
The locality from whence this specimen was obtained shows that the range of the species 
extends on both sides of Puget Sound, and anjong the spurs of both the Cascade and Coast 
range of mountains.—S. 
Note.— For several skins of this lynx, and for many other scientific as well as personal 
favors, I am indebted to my friend the popular and highly esteemed secretary of Washington 
Territory, his excellency the Hon. Charles H. Mason. 
CANIS OCCIDENTALIS, var. GRISEO-ALBUS. 
Gray Wolf. 
Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 104. 
Sp. Cii.—C olor of various shades, from gray to white. Some skins are much tinged with brown. 
The Gray Wolf occurs on the Clatsop Plains, near the mouth of the Columbia, and also upon 
the Nisqually Plains, Puget Sound. It attains a very large size, and is too much for any 
single dog. It is called by the Chinooks Ileaklium, and is the Spilyer of the Yakimas. 
A black wolf was seen by me in the mountains between Scott’s and Shasta valleys, in northern 
California, in 1851. Several were together. A “black wolf,” perhaps the same, perhaps the 
C. nubilus, or “dusky wolf,” is found on the Nisqually Plains, Puget Sound. Some skins are 
grizzled.—G. 
Owing to the variety in the shades and colors of the wolves of Oregon, the settlers at the 
Dalles, mistaking varieties for species or “kinds,” consider that there are more species than 
the examination of many skins in the Smithsonian collection seems to justify. 
There is considerable difference of opinion among the white inhabitants as to the number of 
