294 SYNOPSIS OF THE CANIDJE. 



,.The Primitive Lurcher. 



,.The Native Indian Carrier-dog. 



.The Techichi. 



.The Wolf-dog of the Floridas. 



,.The Dog of the North American Indians. 



SECTION III. Canes Venatici, GRAYII. The Grey- 

 hounds. Skulls like the former, but the plane 

 of the head more rectilinear ; stature high ; chest 

 deep; loins arched; abdomen drawn up; tail 

 long, slender, in the original breeds only fringed ; 

 ears small, pointed, mostly turned back and 

 down; small powers of scent; little sagacity; 

 little personal attachment ; great swiftness ; hunt 

 by the sight; livery black, white, and slaty. 

 Inhabited originally the temperate and warm 

 zones of the northern hemisphere in the old 

 world, to the tropics. 



Races with long Fur. 



The Brinjaree Dog of India. 



..The Persian Greyhound. 



.The Arabian Bedoueen. 



Canis hirsutus, The Russian and Tartar Greyhound. 



C. Sccticus, The Scottish Greyhound. 



C. Hibernicus,JY\\Q Irish Hound (largest of all). 

 C. Grains, The Greek Greyhound. 



Races with smooth Fur. 



, The Turkish Long-eared. 



The Egyptian Smooth Greyhound. 



The Bedoueen Acaba Greyhound, 



Canis Ita/icus^.ThQ Italian Greyhound. 

 C. leporarius, . .The British Greyhound. 



Mongrel Races. 



Canis vertagus, The present Lurcher. 



The Egyptian Street-dog. 



The Hairless Dog. 



The Turkish Naked Dog. 



