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Show 8 PROF. B. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jan. 14, Group I.-WOLF-DOGS. This group contains :-(1) Esquimaux ; (2) Kamtschatka dog ; (3) Sheep-dog, of which there are three varieties-a. Collie, /8. Southern Sheep-dog, y. Drover's dog ; (4) Newfoundland ; (5) St. Bernard's dog. The last two, according to some authorities, form a group by themselves. Table I.-Esquimaux Hogs. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Av. 4 be R o 284-61 304-47 318-51 339-09 293-65 296-87 288-40 276-92 320 0 297-22 300-0 269-23 299-08 o §1 176-92 168-80 163-76 197-81 158-73 162-50 170-28 156-41 185-71 173-61 171-42 161-53 170-62 S a 1-3 o ft= 140-76 143-28 162-96 15636 139-68 143-75 13913 128-20 157-14 145-83 150-0 138-46 145-71 O 03 J3"3 ft= 107-69 102-98 168-14 119-09 100-0 101-56 112-31 92-30 105-71 106-94 103-57 92-30 109-38 a PH h H 93-07 110-44 121-48 107-27 98-41 101-56 101-44 60-25 9714 104-16 111-42 IOO-O 101-55 V a PH i 103-84 113-43 137-62 132-72 107-93 112-5 107-24 92-30 111-42 111-11 117-14 107-69 112-91 a H 30-76 29-85 32-88 38-72 30-15 29-68 27-82 25-64 31-42 31-34 31-42 29-23 30-74 hi 21-84 20-39 22-22 24-36 20-95 21-09 19-56 16-66 20-71 20-13 20-0 18-46 20-53 C 26-15 26-11 29-62 30-90 26-34 26-25 25-36 22-05 27-14 26-38 25-0 24-61 26-32 IM* 1 a' hi 11-53 11-19 13-48 12-72 10-0 9-42 8-97 11-14 11-11 10-71 10-0 10-93 <M 1 PH 18-46 14-92 18-66 20-36 15-07 16-40 14-59 14-10 17-14 15-95 15-71 15-38 16-93 f-H 33-84 35-22 36-29 39-27 34-20 33-59 30-43 29-48 35-71 34-72 35-71 32-30 34-23 * Hi 13-38 12-98 15-55 15-45 14-28 14-06 13-04 12-05 15-71 13-88 12-14 13-85 13-86 CO ftft hi 6-71 9-52 6-25 6-95 7-85 6-94 6-15 7-19 Nos. 1&2. Roy. Coll. Surgeons. NOB. 3,4,5, 6, 7. Nat. Hist. Mus. (5. Nootka Sound). No. 8. Trin. Coll. Dubl. (Disco). Nos. 9 & 10. Camb. Univ. (Arctic Exped.). Nos. 11 & 12. Oxford Univ. Smith considers that these dogs together with the Newfoundland breed come from the Nootka dog and are thus of Asiatic origin. Eitzinger thinks they are variations of the Sheep-dog (Haushund, Canis domesticus). The object of this paper being chiefly to place on record our measurements even where they do not appear to have any particular bearing upon any theory, it may here be said, once for all, that we shall give various dimensions which we have obtained of isolated examples in such places as may appear most suitable for them. We do this in the hope that some future workers, more versed in taxonomy than ourselves, may find them of use at some time. Thus, the following are the measurements of a hybrid between the Esquimaux dog and a European wolf (Nat. Hist. Mus.). |