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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



Phot, by T. Fall-] 



west of England. I have 

 been fortunate in obtaining 

 one of Mr. E. C. Norrish's 

 celebrated strain as a typical 

 specimen for illustration. 



The SETTER group, which 

 comprises three varieties, are 

 all useful and beautiful in 

 their way. The English are 

 usually white, with markings 

 or tickings of blue, lemon, 

 or black ; they are rather 

 long and narrow in the head, 

 with bodies and sterns well 

 feathered, and are graceful 

 and active movers. Gordon 

 setters, which are always 

 black and tan in colour, and 

 preferred without any white, 

 are generally larger and 

 stronger in build than the 

 last-named. Irish setters are 

 more on the lines of the 

 English, being a rich tawny 



\_Baktr Strttt 



GREYHOUND 



A typical specimen of this elegant variety 



red in colour, rather higher on the leg, with narrow skulls, glossy coats, feathered legs and 

 stern, ears set low and lying back, and lustrous, expressive eyes. 



RETRIEVERS may be divided into flat-coated and curly-coated. Both are usually black, 

 but other colours are occasionally seen. The coats of the first-named are full, but without 

 curl in them; while the latter have their bodies, heads, legs, thighs, and even tails covered 

 with small close curls. The eyes of both should be dark, and the ears carried closely to the 

 sides of the head. In an article dealing with retrievers, which appeared in the Cornhill Maga- 

 zine under the title of " Dogs which Earn their Living," the author writes : " There is not the 

 slightest doubt that in the modern retrievers acquired habits, certainly one acquired habit, that 

 of fetching dead and wounded game, are transmitted directly. The puppies sometimes retrieve 

 without being taught, though with this they also combine a greatly improved capacity for further 

 teaching. Recently a retriever was sent after a winged partridge which had run into a ditch. 

 The dog followed it some way down the ditch, and presently came out with an old rusty tea- 

 kettle, held in its mouth by the handle. The kettle was taken from the dog, amid much 

 laughter ; then it was found that inside the kettle was the partridge ! The explanation was that 

 the bird, when wounded, ran into the ditch, which was narrow. In the ditch was the old kettle, 

 with no lid on. Into this the bird crept; and as the dog could not get the bird out, it very 

 properly brought out the kettle with the bird in it. Among dogs which earn their living, these 

 good retrievers deserve a place in the front rank." The illustration shows a good flat-coated 

 retriever at work. 



The SPANIEL group is rather large, including the English and Irish water-spaniels, the 

 former an old-fashioned, useful sort, often liver or roan, with some white or other markings, 

 and a good deal of curl in the coat and on the ears. His Irish brother is always some shade of 

 liver in colour, larger in the body and higher on the leg, covered with a curly coat, except on the 

 tail, which is nearly bare of hair, with a profusion of hair on the top of the head, often hanging 

 down over the eyes, giving a comical appearance, and increasing his Hibernian expression. They 



