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PROF. B. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jan. 14, 



Group III. — Spaniels. 



The large Spaniel, of which, according to Fitzinger, the English 

 Spaniel is a smaller breed, is apparently derived from Spain, and is 

 considered by the above-named authority to be a pure breed. 



No8. 1 & 2. Eoy. Coll. Surgeons. N"o3. 3 & 4. Nat. Hist. Mus. (4. Water S.). 

 No. 5. Q. Coll. Birm. No. 6. Camb. Univ. No. 7. Oxford Univ. 



In this division is also placed the King Charles Spaniel (1) and 

 the Chinese Pug-nosed dog' (2), the measurements of both of which 

 are given in the following table : — 



Group IV. — Hounds. 



This group includes the Bloodhound, Sta»hound, Foxhound, 

 Harrier, Beagle, Pointer, Dalmatian, and Otter-dog. 



The Bloodhound has several varieties. Thus there are two 

 German breeds, one smaller and lighter(C. H. S.), and a Cuban breed, 

 which is of Spanish descent and different from the EngHsh, having 

 small pendulous ears and a more pointed nose (E. B.). It also has 

 two spots over the eyes (C. H. S.). The following table includes 

 four EngHsh and one from Manilla. 



^ For accounts of tbis breed see Gray, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 40, and 

 1868, p. 509. 



