big marsh west
of Saline. Mr. George Inman, one of the pioneers of Lodi Township, told
me that he had seen one just killed a few miles west of Ypsilanti in
1852. One was killed in Pittsfield Township in 1835. Black or brown is
the normal color in this state, but I have heard of one albino which was
taken in Bay County not many years ago.

_Canis lycaon._ Timber Wolf.--When the county was first settled the
wolves were so destructive that it was difficult to keep any domestic
animals. As late as 1840, 30 sheep were killed for a neighbor of my
father's in Lodi Township; and another neighbor was himself chased by a
pack in the winter of 1836. In October, 1834, a large wolf was seen by
Mr. S. P. Allen near Ypsilanti. In looking over the county records I
find that in 1837 a bounty of five dollars each was paid to four
residents for eight wolf scalps; in 1838 eight more bounties of eight
dollars each were paid; and up to 1839 bounties to a total amount of
$178 had been paid. The records for the next twelve years are not
available, but as late as 1853 two wolf bounties of eight dollars each
were paid to residents of the county. Some of these probably refer to
coyotes. We have one record of a black wolf for the county.

_Canis latrans._ Brush Wolf, Coyote.--In the History of Washtenaw
County[1] there is a full-page picture of hunting the prairie wolves in
an early day, which shows men on horseback in oak openings, rounding up
the wolves. In the same volume is an account by Mrs. H. L. Noble, saying
that the wolves would "come at evening and stay about the cabin all
night, keeping up a serenade that would almost chill the blood in my
veins." These were no doubt coyotes. In 1905 I mounted a large male,
weighing 45 pounds, which had been shot in Sharon Township, March 10, by
Mr. Keeler. Another is reported to have been seen in the same township
in 1910.

[Footnote 1: History of Washtenaw County, Michigan, p. 67, 1881.]

_Vulpes fulva._ Red Fox.--The early settlers report the red fox as being
quite common and destructive to small lambs, poultry, and game. Owing to
its cunning this species has been able to live and increase in spite of
much hunting and trapping. It is nocturnal as a rule, though I have seen
them often in the daytime catching mice on the marshes. In April, 1883,
a den was found in Lodi Township, and by careful watching the young
could be seen playing about the entrance to the den while waiting for
their mother to