SYNOPSIS OF THE 



C. F. Domesticus, Lyn. Sys. Nat. 



Chien de Berger, Buffon,Y. C. de Brie. French Shepherd's 

 Dog. Shaw. 



Icon. Bufofi, V. t. 28, Ency. Method, t. 99, /. !. 

 Shaw's Zool. X. t.l5. 



Sub-var. a. The drover's dog, with longer hair more 

 curled, generally of a dingy colour. 



Var. g. C. F. Pomeranus, (the Wolf Dog.) Ears erect and 

 pointed ; head long ; muzzle also long and slender; tail high 

 and curled before ; fur short on the head, feet, and ears, 

 long and silky over the rest of the body, and particularly 

 the tail; white, gray, black, or yellow. 



C. F. Pomeranus, Gmelin, S. N. 



Wolf Dog, Shaw. Chien Loup. Buffon, His. Nat. v. 



Icon. Bufon, v. t. 30. Ency. Mtthod. t. 99./. 2. 



Var. h. C. F. Sibincus, (Siberian Dog.) Thick hair all 

 over, even on the head and paws ; in other respects like the 

 Wolf Dog. 



C. F. Sibiricus, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. i. 



Icon. E?icy. Method, t. 99./. 3. 



Var. i. C. F. Borealis, (the Esquimaux Dog.) Head similar 

 to that of the wolf dog; tail turned in a circle; ears erect ; 

 silky hair, not abundant ; woolly hair, on the contrary, ex- 

 cessively thick, very fine and undulated, capable of being 

 plucked off in flocks; colour varied by great patches, irre- 

 gularly distributed, of white, black, or gray; three black 

 points on each cheek, whence proceed some long hairs. 



C. F. Borealis, Desmarest., Mam. 194. 



Chien des Esquimaux, F. Cuv. Mam. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. t. 



Inhabits Baffin's Bay (and perhaps Kamtchatka.) 



Var. j. C. F. Americanus, (the Alco.) A small head ; 

 back arched; tail short and pendent; fur long and yellow 

 on the back, whitish on the tail, according to Fernandez. 



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