16 FERJE. THE DOG TRIBE. 



VAR. 2. The Water Dog. Hair long and curled, like 

 the fleece of a sheep. Canis familiaris aquaticus. Linn. 



Of this variety thei^ are two kinds; but they differ only in size, 

 the one being learly as large again as the other. Muzzle somewhat 

 short. Feet more webbed than in most other dogs. Vr. B. 



Canis familiaris minor. Size small, hair long and curled, 

 and about (he ears longer than elsewhere, and 'hangs down- 

 wards. Linn. 



Canis pilo crispo longo instar Otis.* -Cams (familiaris) 

 aquaticus. Linn. SysL Nat. Gmel'. gen. 12, sp. i. var. *. 

 i. p. 66. 



Canis minor pilo crispo longo, circa auriculas longiore et 

 recta propendente. Canis (familiaris) minor. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. Gmel. gen. 13, sp. 1, var. . i. p. 66. 



Cants aquaticus^ or FYNDER. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 

 p. 67. 



Canis aviarius aquaticus y a WATER SPANIEL. Raii. 

 Sjn. quad. p. 77, n. 6. 



Le Grand Barbel. Le Petit Barbet. Buff. Sonn. 

 xxiii. p. 209, pi. 16, 17. 



Water Dog. Shaw's Gen. Zool. i. p. 279. Turton, 

 i. p. 41, n. 5, 6. 



Great Water Dog. Lesser Water Dog. Kerr. p. 

 131. Smellie's Buftbn, iv. p. 20, tab. 36, 37. Penn. 

 Quadr. i. p. 240. Bew. Quad. 5th edit. p. 360. 



Water Spaniel. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. p. 60. 



VAR. 3. The Spaniel. Ears pendulous and woolly, 

 Canis familiaris extrarius. Linn. 



Hair 



