name
does not appear to be valid or clearly assignable to the synonomy of
any particular race." We agree with Goldman that Baird's concept was a
composite one, but Baird's name, _Canis occidentalis_ var.
_griseo-albus_, was clearly based on the primary names of Sabine
(_griseus_ and _albus_), of De Kay (_occidentalis_), of Maxmillian
(_variabilis_, a synonym of _Canis lupus nubilis_) and of Townsend
(_gigas_, a synonym of _Canis lupus fuscus_). Nevertheless, the name
_griseo-albus_ was applied to, among others, the subspecies of wolf
the type locality of which is at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, and,
by restriction, the name _Canis lupus griseoalbus_ Baird is available
for the subspecies and, of course, antedates _Canis lupus knightii_ of
Anderson (_op. cit._, 1947:54). It might be argued that Baird did not
intend to propose a new name, but that he did so is a _fait accompli_.
_Canis lupus albus_ Sabine, 1823, is not available since it is
preoccupied by _C[anis]. Lupus albus_ Kerr (Animal Kingdom, Class I,
Mammalia, p. 137, 1792), a name applied to the wolf of the Yenisei
region of Siberia.

The name and synonomy of the wolf of central Canada should stand as
follows:

~Canis lupus griseoalbus~ Baird

1858. _Canis occidentalis_, var. _griseo-albus_ Baird, Mammals,
Repts. Explor. and Surv. for R. R. to Pacific Ocean, Washington,
vol. 8, p. 104 (1857), July 14, 1858, based on _Canis Lupus-Griseus_
Sabine 1823 from the vicinity of Cumberland House, Saskatchewan.

1823. _Canis Lupus-Griseus_ Sabine, No. V, Zool. App. p. 654, _In_
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea ... by John
Franklin (_nec [Canis] Griseus_ Boddaert, Elench. Anim. p. 97,
1794, a synonym of _Urocyon cinereaorgenteus_ (Schreber),
Saeugethiere, p. 92, 1775).

1943. _Canis lupus griseus_, Anderson, Jour. Mamm., 24(3):386,
August 17.

1947. _Canis lupus knightii_ Anderson, Bull. 102, Nat. Mus.
Canada, p. 54, January 24. (A renaming of _Canis Lupus-Griseus_
Sabine, 1823.)

The name _Canis Lupus-Albus_ Sabine, 1823 (_nec C[anis]. Lupus albus_
Kerr, Animal Kingdom, p. 137, 1792) should, of course, be retained as
a synonym of _Canis lupus mackenzii_ Anderson as arranged by Anderson
(Bull. 102, Nat. Mus. Canada, p. 55, January 24, 1947).

When Anderson (_op. cit._:54) recognized the subspecies _Canis lupus
knightii_ [= _C. l. griseoalbus_] he made no mention of a specimen of
wol