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I'RIIF. B. C. A. WIN'DLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [JhU. 14, 



Table XXXIV. — Comparative 



Esquimaux 



Sheep-dog 



Newfoundland 



Greyhound 



Italian Greyhound 



Irish Wolf-dog, modern . 



Irish Wolf-dog, old 



Spaniel 



Bloodhound 



Pointer 



Mastiff 



Bull-dog 



Pug 



Fox-Terrier 



Skye-Terrier 



Pariah 



Dingo 



Length of 



Pm.4. 



Max. 



Min.' D. 



38-72 

 30-17 

 28-5! 

 29-23 

 31-29 

 29-71 

 30-83 

 33-33 

 30-00 

 30-95 

 31-61 

 31-91 

 31-11 

 34-44 

 39-67 

 35-57 

 33-63 



25-64 13-08 



27-50 

 27-70 

 26-26 



28-00 



2-67 

 •87 

 2-9 

 3-29 



25-801 3-91 

 25-7o 508 



24-13 

 23-52 

 24-64' 

 24-02 

 26-00 



9-20 

 6-4S 

 6-31 

 7-59 

 5-91 



At. 



30-74 

 28-83 

 28-27 

 28-13 

 29-48 

 27-27 

 28-93 

 29-30 



Length of 



M. 1. 



Max. 



24-36 

 20-43 

 20-71 

 21-53 

 23-52 

 21-73 

 19-44 

 22-72 



Mm.! D. Av. 



I 



26-94 21-16 

 28-29/ 22-22 



27-22 

 2S-47 



2S-57 2-54' 29-74 

 .30-72 

 36-11 

 31*09 

 30-58 



21-32 

 25-95 



24-44 

 26-31 

 21-65 

 23-66 



16-06 

 19-82 

 20-00 

 18-25 

 20-00 

 19-61 

 13 63 

 20-40 

 17-85 

 20-15 

 16-88 

 19-84 



20S3 

 20-45 

 16-93 

 18-06 



8-30 20-53 



1-61 20-60 



-71 20-41 



3-28' 20-10 



I 

 3-52 21-451 



2-12 20-36 



5-81 15-83 



I 

 2-32 21-56 



I 

 3-3i; 19-01 



2-07 19-99 



i 

 4-44 18-88 



6-11 21-77 



... 19-20 



3-61 22-29 



5-86 22-95 



4-72 20-12 



5-60 20-37 



Breadth of 



M.I. 



Max. Min. D. i At 



30-90 

 27-34 

 25-00 

 26-15 



27-05 

 26-81 

 26-66 

 28-88 

 26-25 

 28-88 

 27-96 

 35-10 



28-88 

 26-74 

 27-93 

 30-33 



22-05 

 24-40 

 22-29 

 2-3-30 

 24-00 

 23-68 

 22-38 

 25-71 

 21-42 

 22-30 

 19-74 

 24-5 



2413 

 25-00 

 23-38 

 25-08 



8-851 26-32 



I 

 2-94 26-01 



2-71 24-04 



3-12 24-95 



1 

 3-05 25-35 



3-13 25-09 



I 

 4-28j 24-69 



3-17! 26-62 



4-83 23-83 



6-58 24-33 



8-22 23-95 



11-50 27-24 



... 26-78 



4-75^ 26-71 



1-74 26-02 



4-55' 26-38 



5-25 26-64 



The most noteworthy fact learnt from these tables is that the 

 averages of the different breeds in each culuinn, and especially in 

 those relating to some of the tetth, differ very little from one 

 another; in other words, that, speaking generally, the teeth in one 

 dog are relatively to the skull very similar iu size to those of 

 any other. It will also be noticed from the last two tables that the 

 range of variation in any breed is n.uch greater, in almost every 

 case, than that existing between any two breeds. 



The extreme variations in any breed are probably due to the fact 

 that, strictly speaking, so few animals of the same group are really 

 in any sense of the same breed. The various members of a care- 

 fully selected strain of Terriers, for example, bred by one breeder, 

 might be comparable with one another, and yet quite different in 

 descent from another and perhaps equally good strain belonging 

 to another breeder and to another part of the country. With dogs 

 bred for show purposes, as so many of the pure strains are, and 

 with constantly varying rtquirements of fashion, all sorts of cresses, 

 as any manual on dog-breeding will show, have been tried with a 

 view of attaining the ideal, whether of symmetry, pace, or carriage. 



That such crosses should, at times at Ica-t, leave their marks 



