f from Norway House, Manitoba, which Goldman (_op. cit._, 1944:427)
had referred to _C. l. occidentalis_, but the subspecific identity of
which was placed in doubt by Anderson's action. We have examined the
specimen, No. 115995, in the Biological Surveys Collection, U.S.
National Museum, and have compared it with specimens, including
topotypes, of _C. l. occidentalis_ and _C. l. hudsonicus_. The
specimen fits the description of _C. l. griseoalbus_ and differs from
_C. l. occidentalis_ in its long and narrow incisive foramina, larger
skull, more nearly straight frontal profile (not markedly concave),
and slightly higher coronoid processes. Other differences alleged to
obtain between these two subspecies offer no assistance in the present
case. The specimen from Norway House differs from _C. l. hudsonicus_
in larger size of skull and stouter, blunter, postorbital processes,
the posterior borders of which turn less abruptly inward. In brief,
among currently recognized subspecies, the specimen from Norway House
seems best referred to _Canis lupus griseoalbus_ Baird.

~Canis niger rufus~ Audubon and Bachman

Goldman (Part II, Classification of wolves, p. 486, _In_ The wolves of
North America, American Wildlife Institute, May 29, 1944) referred two
specimens of the red wolf from Reeds Spring, Missouri, to the
subspecies _C. n. gregoryi_. Leopold and Hall (Jour. Mamm., 26(2):143,
July 19, 1945) referred wolves from 5 mi. N Gainesville and from 3 mi.
N Thomasville, both localities in Missouri, to _C. n. rufus_. The
identification of Leopold and Hall was made on the basis of the small
size of their specimens and they did not have the advantage of
comparative material. The locations of these and other records of
occurrence in Missouri and Arkansas suggest that the specimens from
Reeds Spring might be better referred to _C. n. rufus_, the more
western subspecies. An examination and comparison of the two specimens
from Reeds Spring, Nos. 244127 and 244527, Biological Surveys
Collection, discloses that they are intergrades between _C. n. rufus_
and _C. n. gregoryi_. They resemble _C. n. rufus_ in small size and
cranial characters, but are more nearly _C. n. gregoryi_ in the
darker, less brightly rufescent color of the pelage. Being, in this
case, more strongly influenced by the size and cranial features than
by the color, we consider the animals from Reeds Spring best referred
to _Canis niger rufus_.

_Transmitted July 15, 19