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 DOGS, JACKALS, WOLVES, AND POXES : 



A MONOGRAPH OF THE CANID^. 



By ST. GEORGE MIVART, E.E.S. 



PROSPECTUS. 



Many years have now elapsed since any general work was pnblished 

 upon the subject to which this volume is dedicated ; but during this 

 period much has been added to our knowledge with respect to individual 

 species through separate papers in various scientific journals, and works 

 describing the fauna of this or that geographical region. Many most 

 valuable additions have also been made to our zoological collections, 

 and means have thus been afforded for the correction of errors which 

 previous defects of scientific data had rendered inevitable. 



The Author has been mainly induced to undertake the present work 

 through the kindness of his friends, Professor Flower, C.B., E.ll.S., and 

 Dr. Giinther, F.E.8., who have afforded him every facility for a full 

 examination of the treasures accumulated at the British Museum of 

 Natural History. 



Although he cannot hope to have in all cases rightly determined the 

 vexed questions as to the limits of species and varieties and those of 

 synonymy, the Author has none the less had verj^ exceptional oppor- 

 tunities of so doing, and has been aided by the kind help of various 

 scientific friends— Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.li S. ; Mr. Blanford, F.KS. ; 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S. ; and others. 



The present work contains a description, with a plate drawn and 

 coloured from nature, and often from life, of every species which the 

 Author thinks can fairly claim to be regarded as distinct, and also of 

 various marked varieties of what he regards as probably one species. 



Since the work is devoted to that group of animals whereof the dog 

 is a member, it can hardly fail to be of wide interest, although it is the 

 wild species, not the domestic breeds, which are particularly treated of. 

 Nevertheless, the interesting question of the origin of the domestic dog 

 is not disregarded. 



In addition to an account of the habits, geographical distribution, 

 and life-history of each species, there is given in a copious introduction, 

 enriched with woodcuts, what the Author deems a sufficient description 

 of the anatomy of the group, of the structural relations of the Canidaj 

 to other animals, their position in zoological classification, and the 

 general relations they bear to the past and present history of this 

 planet. 



■WITH "WOODCUTS, AND 45 COLOUBED PLATES 

 Drawn from Nature by J. G. KEULEMAN'S, and Hand-coloured. 



R. H. PORTER, 18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London, W. 



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