98 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
west of England. I have 
been fortunate in obtaining 
one of Mr. E. C. Norrish’s 
celebrated strain as a typical 
specimen for illustration, 
The SETTER group, which 
comprises three varieties, are 
all useful and beautiful in 
their way. The English are 
usually white, with markings 
or tickings of blue, lemon, 
or black; they are rather 
long and narrow in the head, 
with bodies and sterns well 
feathered, and are graceful 
and active movers. Gordon 
setters, which are always 
black and tan in colour, and 
preferred without any white, 
are generally larger and 
stronger in build than the 
last-named. Irish setters are 
more on the lines of the 
English, being a rich tawny 
red in colour, rather higher on the leg, with narrow skulls, glossy coats, feathered legs and 
stern, ears set low and lying back, and lustrous, expressive eyes. 
RETRIEVERS may be divided into flat-coated and curly-coated. Both are usually black, 
but other colours are occasionally seen. The coats of the first-named are full, but without 
curl in them; while the latter have their bodies, heads, legs, thighs, and even tails covered 
with small close curls. The eyes of both should be dark, and the ears carried closely to the 
sides of the head. In an article dealing with retrievers, which appeared in the Cornhill Maga- 
zine under the title of “Dogs which Earn their Living,” the author writes: « There is not the 
slightest doubt that in the modern retrievers acquired habits, certainly one acquired habit, that 
of fetching dead and wounded game, are transmitted directly. The puppies sometimes retrieve 
without being taught, though with this they also combine a greatly improved capacity for further 
teaching. Recently a retriever was sent after a winged partridge which had run into a ditch. 
The dog followed it some way down the ditch, and presently came out with an old rusty tea- 
kettle, held in its mouth by the handle. The kettle was taken from the dog, amid much 
laughter; then it was found that inside the kettle was the partridge! The explanation was that 
the bird, when wounded, ran into the ditch, which was narrow. In the ditch was the old kettle, 
with no lid on. Into this the bird crept; and as the dog could not get the bird out, it very 
properly brought out the kettle with the bird in it. Among dogs which earn their living, these 
good retrievers deserve a place in the front rank.” The illustration shows a good flat-coated 
retriever at work. 
The SpanieL group is rather large, including the English and Irish water-spaniels, the 
former an old-fashioned, useful sort, often liver or roan, with some white or other markings, 
and a good deal of curl in the coat and on the ears. His Irish brother is always some shade of 
liver in colour, larger in the body and higher on the leg, covered with a curly coat, except on the 
tail, which is nearly bare of hair, with a profusion of hair on the top of the head, often hanging 
down over the eyes, giving a comical appearance, and increasing his Hibernian expression. They 
Photo by T. Fall] [Baker Street 
GREYHOUND 
A typical specimen of this elegant variety 
