SPECIES OF MAMMALIA, 



Sub-var. a. The Alpine Spaniel, very large and beautiful. 



Sub-var. b. The Newfoundland Spaniel, large, with 

 semi-palmate feet. 



Sub-var. c. The Calabrian Dog, large, and participating 

 in the distinctions of the Danish dogs and Spaniels from 

 which it springs. Employed in hunting the wolf. 



Sub-var. d. The Little Spaniel. Head small and round ; 

 ears and tail covered with very long hair. 



Icon. Ency. Method, t. 100,/. 3. Buffon, v. t. 38,/. 1. 



Sub-var. e. The King Charles Spaniel, a black variety of 

 the little spaniel. 



C. F. Brevipilis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Le GvQ&in, Buffon, v. 



Icon. Buffon, v. ^. 19, / 1. ) 



Sub-var. f. The Pyrame, like the preceding, but the black 

 fur relieved with yellow over the eyes on the muzzle, 

 throat, and limbs. 



Le Pyrame, Buff'ori, v. 



Icon. Buffon,\y. t. 39, / 2. Ency. Method, t. 100./ 2. 



Sub-var. g. The Maltese Dog, very small; muzzle like 

 that of the little Water Spaniel; fur all over very long 

 and silky; generally white. 



BufFon conjectures this variety to be the produce of the 

 alliance of the little spaniel and the little water spaniel; 

 the latter also he conceives to be the offspring of the little 

 spaniel and the great water spaniel. 



Sub-var. h. The Lion Dog differs from the Maltese dog, 

 only in having the hair short on the body and half of the 

 tail ; but long on the other parts, particularly the end of 

 the tail, where it forms a tuft. 



C. F. Leoninus, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. 



Le Chien Lion, Buffon, v. 



Icon. Buffon. v. t. 40,/ 2. Ency. Method, t. 100, / 5. 



Buffon attributes the same origin to this as to the pre- 

 ceding, with the genealogical addition of an ancestor with 

 scattered hairs. 



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