DOG .\XD FOX CROSS. [1G7] 



The orio-inal of the enorraviuo; which heads this article has all 

 the crouching look of the fox, with many of the wild habits of 

 that animal. Mr. Hewer tells me that up to six or eight months 

 old she would hiss and spit like a kitten, but has quite lost that 

 pecvdiarity now. She still often disappears into the adjacent 

 coverts for a day or two, after which hunger compels her return. 

 She has bred a litter by a terrier, but has not been put to one of 

 her own cross, which is necessary to be done before Mr. Tomlin's 

 assertion is to be accepted, that the individuals of the dog and 

 fox cross will breed infer se. And this being the onl}- proof of a 

 distinction of species which is now recognised, until the experi- 

 ment is carried out successfully we ai"e not in a position to admit 

 that the dog and fox belong to the same species. 



