526 CARNIVORES. 
hair of the body should be silky and of moderate length, with a slight wave, but 
no curl; its ground-colour being always white, with yellow or orange spots, the 
lemon-yellow tint being preferred. The Sussex spaniel, which has the ordinary 
lobe-shaped ear and gives tongue when hunting, has a less heavy head than the 
Clumber, and a 
wavy coat of a 
golden-liver colour, 
without any ad- 
mixture of white. 
The Norfolk 
spaniel is subject 
to considerable 
variation, and is 
either liver-and- 
white, or black- 
and-white in its 
colour. It differs 
from the two pre- 
ceding races by 
the lesser pro- 
portionate length 
(es of the body, and 
CLUMBER SPANIEL. the longer fringe 
of hair on the 
ears, which frequently nearly touch the ground. Cockers are small spaniels, and 
are now divided into Welsh and modern Cockers; the former being liver, or liver- 
and-white, while the latter are larger and generally completely black. The head 
is relatively long, the eyes are less full than in the other breeds; and the coat is 
soft, silky, and waved, with a considerable amount of fringe on the throat and 
limbs. 
The King Charles and Blenheim spaniels are much smaller animals, probably 
derived from the Cocker. The King Charles is black-and-tan in colour, with a 
larger or smaller admixture of white, and is characterised by the great length of 
the ears. In both the muzzle is extremely short, with an upturned nose, while the 
head is nearly globular, and the ears should touch the ground. The coat should be 
long, silky, and wavy, but devoid of curl; while the ears, limbs, and feet should be 
abundantly fringed. 
Irish Water- The water-spaniels, of which the best-marked breed is the Irish, 
Spaniel. are relatively large dogs, with broad splay feet, and a woolly, thickly- 
matted, and often curly coat, which is more or less oily. The southern Irish water- 
spaniel is characterised by the bare face and thinly-haired tail, the presence of a 
distinct “top-knot” on the crown of the head, the long curls round the legs, and 
the thickly-curling coat of the body and ears; the colour being of a uniform puce 
liver tint. The northern variety of the Irish water-spaniel has shorter ears, with 
but little fringe, while the curls of the body hair are shorter and closer; the 
colour being either liver or liver-and-white. 
