294 SYiNOPSIS OF THE CAT^JVM. 



The Primitive Lurelier. 



The Native Indian Camei-dog. 



The Teehichi. 



The Wolf-dog of the Floridas. 



.....Tlie Dog of the North American Indians. 



Section III. — Canes Ve72alici, Grayu. The Grey- 

 hounds. Skulls like the former, but the plane 

 of the head more rectilinear ; stature high ,- chest 

 deep ; loins arched ; abdomen drawn np ; 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 ^c^tk lonp Fur. 



The Brinjaree Dog of India. 



The Persian Greyhound. 



The Arabian Bcdoueen. 



Canis hirsatus. The Russian and Tartar Greyhound. 



C. Sadieus, The Scottish Greyhound. 



C. Hibermcus,. The Irish Hound (lai-gest of all). 

 C. Graius, The Greek Greyhound. 



Races icilh smooth Fur. 



The Turkish Long-eared. 



The Egyptian Smooth Greyhound. 



The Bedoueen Aeaba Greyhound. 



Canis Ita/icus,.T\ie Italian Greyhound. 

 C. leporarius, . .The British Greyhound. 



Mongrel Races. 



Canis veria(jus,The present Lurcher. 



.....The Egyptian Street-dog. 



The Hairless Dog. 



The Turkish Naked Dog. 



