COYOTE  , the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian name for a See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American member of the See also:

• DOG

dog See also:

• FAMILY

family, also known as the See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie-See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

wolf, and scientifically as Canis latrans . Ranging from See also:

• CANADA

Canada in the north to See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, and chiefly frequenting the open plains on both sides of the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of the Rocky Mountains, the coyote, under all its various See also:

• LOCAL

local phases, is a smaller See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal than the true wolf, and may apparently be regarded as the New See also:

• WORLD

World representative of the jackals, or perhaps, like the Indian wolf (C. pallipes), as a type intermediate between wolves and jackals . In addition to its inferior See also:

• SIZE

size, the coyote is also shorter in the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg than the wolf, and carries a more luxuriant coat of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair . The See also:

• AVERAGE

average length is about 40 in., and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour tawny mingled with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white above and whitish below, the tail having a black tip and likewise a dark gland-patch near the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of the upper See also:

• SURFACE

surface . There is, however, considerable local variation both in the See also:

• MATTER

matter of size and of colour from the typical coyote of See also:

• IOWA

Iowa, which See also:

• MEASURES

measures about 50 in. in See also:

• TOTAL

total length and is of a full See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich tint . The coyote of the deserts of eastern See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, See also:

• NEVADA
• NEVADA (a Spanish word meaning " snow-clad " or " snowy land," originally applied to a snow-capped mountain range on the Pacific slope)

Nevada and See also:

• UTAH

Utah is, for instance, a smaller and paler-coloured animal, whose length is usually about 42 in . On this and other local See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations a number of nominal See also:

• SPECIES

species have been founded; but it is preferable to regard them in the See also:

• LIGHT

light of See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical phases or races, such as the above-mentioned C. latrans estor of Nevada and Utah, C . 1. mearnsi of See also:

• ARIZONA (from the Spanish-Indian Arizonac, of unknown meaning,—possibly " few springs,"-the name of an 18th-century mining camp in the Santa Cruz valley, just S. of the present border of Arizona)

Arizona and Sonora, and C . 1. frustor of See also:

• OKLAHOMA (a Choctaw Indian word meaning " red people ")

Oklahoma and the See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas See also:

• RIVER

River See also:

• DISTRICT

district . It is to distinguish them from the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey, or See also:

• TIMBER

timber, wolves that coyotes have received the name of " prairie-wolves "; the two titles indicating the nature of the respective habitats of the two species . Coyotes are creatures of slinking and stealthy habits, living in burrows in the plains, and See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting in packs at See also:

• NIGHT

night, when they utter yapping cries and See also:

• BLOOD

blood-curdling yells as they gallop . See also:

• HARES

Hares (" See also:

• JACK

jack-rabbits "), chipmunks or ground-squirrels, and mice See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a large portion of their See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food; but coyotes also kill the fawns of See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer and See also:

• PRONGBUCK, PRONGHORN, or (in America)

prongbuck, as well as See also:

• SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

sage-hens and other kinds of See also:

• GAME

game-birds .

" In the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat lands," write Messrs Witmer See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone and W . E . Cram, in their American Animals (1902), " they dig burrows for themselves or else take See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of those already made by badgers and prairie-See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs . Here in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring the See also:

• HALF

half-dozen or more coyote pups are brought forth; and it is said that at this See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season the old ones systematically drive any large game they may be See also:

• CHASING, or ENCHASING

chasing as near to their burrow, where the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young coyotes are waiting to be fed, as possible before killing it, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the labour of dragging it any See also:

• GREAT

great distance . When out after jack-rabbits two coyotes usually See also:

• WORK

work together . When a jack-See also:

• RABBIT

rabbit starts up before them, one of the coyotes See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds away in pursuit while the other squats on his haunches and See also:

• WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")

waits his turn, knowing full well that the See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

hare prefers to run in a circle, and will soon come See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round again, when the second wolf takes up the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase and the other rests in his turn . . . . When hunting See also:

• ANTELOPE

antelope (prongbuck) and deer the coyotes spread out their See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack into a wide circle, endeavouring to surround their game and keep it See also:

• RUNNING

running inside their See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring until exhausted . Sage-hens, See also:

• GROUSE

grouse and small birds the coyote hunts successfully alone, quartering over the ground like a trained pointer until he succeeds in locating his See also:

• BIRD

bird, when he drops flat in the grass and creeps forward like a See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat until See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close enough for the final spring." When hard put to it for food, coyotes will, it is reported, eat hips, See also:

• JUNIPER

juniper-berries and other See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild fruits . (R .