24 I'RIIF. B. C. A. WIXDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [JhII. 14, 



Table \XX.IV.— Comparative 



Length of 



Pm.4. 



- 



Esquimaux 



Sheep-dog 



Newfoundland 



Greyhound 



Italian Greyhound 



Irish Wolf-dog, modem . 



Irish Wolf-dog, old 



Spaniel 



Bloodhound 



Pointer 



Mastiff 



Bull-dog 



Pug 



Fox-Terrier 



Skye-Terrier 



Psriah 



Dingo 



ilai. MinJ D. At 



38-72 



30-17 



28-57 



29-23 



31-29 



29-71 



30-83 



33-33 



30-00 



30-95 



31-61 



31-91 



31-11 



34-44 



39-6' 



35-57 



33-63 



25-64 

 27-50 



27-70 

 26-26 



28-oo; 



25-8o! 



I 

 25-751 



24-13 



23-52' 



I 

 24-64' 



i 

 24-02] 



26-00 



2S-07 



27-58^ 



31-8l' 



28-22! 



29-06 



13-08 

 2-67 

 •87 

 2-97 

 3-29 

 3-91 

 5-08 

 9-20 

 6-48 

 6-31 

 7-59 

 5-91 

 2-54 

 6-86 

 7-86 

 7-35 

 4-54 



Length of 



M. 1. 



Breadth of 



M.l. 



Mai. Min. D. At. Mai. Min. D. ' At. 



30-74 

 28-83 



28-27 

 28-13 



29-4811 



24-36 

 20-43 

 20-71 

 21-53 

 23-52 



27-27 I 21-73 



28-93 

 29-30 

 26-94 

 28-29 

 27-22 

 28-47 

 29-74 

 30-72 

 36-11 

 31-09 

 .30-58 



19-44 

 22-72 

 21-16 

 22-22 

 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 



20-83 

 20-45 

 16-93 

 18-06 



8-30 20-53 

 1-61 20-60 



-71 20-41 



3-28 20-10! 



I I 



3-52 21-45i 



2-12 20-36J 



5-81 15-83| 



2-32 21-56| 



I I 



3-31 19-01 



2-07 19-99 



i 

 4-44 18-88 



6-11 21-77 



... '19-20 



1 

 3-61 22-29 



5-86 22-95 



I 

 4-72 20-12 



I i 



6-60 20-37 



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 



-I 



22-05 

 24-40 

 22-29 

 23-30 

 24-00 

 23-68 

 22-38 

 25-71 

 21-42 

 22-30 

 19-74 

 24-5 



24-13 

 25-00 

 23-38 

 35-08 



8-85 26-32 



2-94 26-01 



I 



2-71' 24-04 



3-12 24-95 



3-05 25-35 



3-13' 25-09 



I 

 4-28| 24-69 



3-17 26-62 



4-83 23-83 



6-58 24-33 



8-22I 23-95 



11-50 27-24 



... 1 26-78 



I 

 4-75 26-71 



1-74' 26-02 



4-55' 26-38 



5-25 26-54 



The most noteworthy fact learnt from these tables is that the 

 averages of the different breeds in each column, 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 in 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 CT.uch greater, in almost every 

 case, than that existing between any two breeds. 



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

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

 in any sense ot 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 crrsses, 

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

 view of attaining the ideal, whether of syn;metry, pace, or carriage. 



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



