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Show 20 PROF. B. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jan. 14, Table XXVIII.-Fox-Terriers, pure. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. Av. Total length. 267'24 288-56 322-22 260-41 284-61 43 . 03 _H S 43 era 169-02 178-09 195-55 170 83 178-57 "J 5"3 s --> H o 136-20 139-04 155-55 133-33 141-03 ftC3 -Sft •* o 103-44 108-57 11777 a04-16 108-48 a a PH hi 96-55 102-85 92-55 98-32 a =8 a PH hi 115-51 116-19 115-55 114-58 115-48 • * ' a PH 27-58 28-57 34-44 32-29 30-72 rH a hi 21-03 22-85 24-44 20-83 22-29 rH a pq 24-13 25-71 28-88 28-12 26-71 oi a hi 10-34 10-85 10-41 10-53 oi | a'l h! pq 16-37 15-61 15-62 15-86 hi 33-62 33-33 37*77 35-41 35-03 G hi 13-79 14-24 15-55 12-50 14-02 Uf la hf 7-75 5-14 6-25 6-36 The T U R N S P I T is included in the Terrier group although, being a semi-monstrous form, it is not confined to that breed. It is figured on the ancient monuments of Egypt, and found among Pariahs and other breeds. In England it generally occurs amongst Terriers and Hounds. The following table gives the measurements of a specimen in the Oxford Museum. Table XXIX.-Turnspit. ft3 43 6J) a O! "3 o EH 282-98 o 43 . 03 ft- §.2 ft-,** N 174-46 bo PH •si 33 148-93 O 03 -a "3 ^ft ^ o 33 102-12 a a PH i 112-76 a =8 a PH i 119-14 a p-h i 31-91 r-H 1 hi r - a r q 23-40' 26-59 oi a h i 12-76 oi a P q h rH a i 19-14 39-36 i^ oi a \ 1-89 CO a hi Group VII. In this group we have included a number of wild or semi-wild and other forms, as it seemed better to place them separately than to distribute them among such of the preceding as they might questionably belong to. The P A R I A H or native cur of India is placed near the Terriers by Smith, who states that they all have " lengthened backs, pointed ears, a sharp nose, and the tail more or less fringed." According to Youatt there are several varieties, viz.:-(1) A wild form bred in the jungles and lower ranges of the Himalayas, of a reddish-brown colour with sharp-pointed ears. (2) A form belonging to inhabited districts ; Turnspits are often found amongst these (Sy/ces). There is a petted variety which is usually white, with long silky hair. (3) T h e Sumatran form, which has the " countenance of a fox, eves oblique, ears rounded and hairy, muzzle foxy-brown, tail bushy and pendulous." (4) T h e Javan indigenous dog. Stonehenge describes the Pariah as a cross between the Dhole and any domesticated dog of the neighbourhood, and Fitzinger as a variant of the Sheep-dog Pelzeln believes that it springs originally from the same form as the Dingo, and that this stem is the Indian wolf (Canispallipes), from which, according to Jeitteles, the dog of the Bronze period (Cants ma'ris optimcv, J.) was also derived. |
