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Show 12 PROF. B. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jan. 14, The MODERN IRISH WOLF-DOG has little in common with the above-mentioned breed except its name. According to ' Stonehenge,' "The Scotch Deerhound is taken as the stock on which to graft greater size and power, and most probably this has been done, partly by the selection of very large specimens and partly by crossing with the Mastiff, or possibly with the great Dane." The result is, of course, the production of a perfectly artificial breed. Table IX.-Modern Irish Wolf-dogs. No. 1. 2. 3. Av. .a 43 a 43 H 337-41 315-78 304-34 319-18 • ftl a -^ Mi'fe !-. * N 163-89 152-63 169-56 162-03 O 03 33-03 a 1^. 03 a ^ 380 161-29 146-05 153-62 153-65 «M 43 O 03 4ft ft _p 103-22 96-05 101-44 100-24 a •X a PH hi 107-35 111-57 105-79 108-24 a •a a PH hi 126-45 121-05 126-86 124-79 • * a PH hi 25-80 26-31 29-71 27-27 al hi 19-61 19-73 21-73 20-36 rH | al pq 24-77 23-68 26-81 25-09 IM a ^ 11-61 11-84 12-75 12-07 <M 1 a'l fti pi 17-41 16-44 16-95 16-93 a hi 33-55 31-57 34-05 33-06 IcJ la hi 13-93 14-47 13-76 14-05 1 co' a hi 5-92 5-92 These specimens are from the Nat. Hist. Museum. The following measurements are from a specimen of the S C O T CH D E E R H O U N D in the Museum of the Roy. Coll. Surgeons. Table X.-Scotch Deerhound. 4 6B a 03 i-H 03 43 O EH 295-36 0 43 «33 in 140-39 0ft3 33 "3 "&°- a t», a. a 137-74 HH 43 O 03 •si. 43 ft ^§ 33 85-42 a a PH 1 99-33 r a =8 a PH i 4ji a PH h i 115-23 24-50 1 ftH . a hi 15-89 a'1 PH 21-45 hi Cq I a'l pq 9-27' 12-58 1 h a H 28-47 h a i 1218 la hi 6-62 A C H I N E S E W O L F - D O G in the same collection should perhaps find its place here. Table XL-Chinese Wolf-dog. 49 C *C8 EH 283-05 0 6£ 3 159-32 O 03 ft=15 toft a t-. oj a ^ 8 ft3 138-98 V. .3 O 03 |ft -3 98-30 a <8 a PH hi 97-45 a a PH hi 106-77 a PH hi 27-96 I-H a hi 21-18 T - 1 | a'l PH 22-88 <M' 1 al hi 11-35 oi 1 a'l pq 14-40 la hi 30-58 IM* a hi 13-55 Ico' 'a hi 6'77 |
