26 



Loomis and Young — Shell Heaps of Maine. 



of build, like the shepherd dog, with which it compares in size 

 also. 



The smallest type (tig. 4.D) or minor Indian dog is much 

 smaller than the preceding, with a short heavy head, the lower 

 series of teeth measuring 76 to 82 mm in length. There are as 

 in the major type but 3/3 premolars, and the individual teeth 

 are plum]), and closely set in a relatively short jaw. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 4. Figures of the lower jaws of — A the wolf, B the major Indian dog, 

 C the common Indian dog, and D the minor Indian dog ; all % natural 

 size. The marks on the back of the common dog over x are tool marks. 



Of the three types the last two are also present in the collec- 

 tions from the shell heaps of the vicinity of New York City, 

 now displayed in the American Museum of Natural History. 

 These two types are also found and are distinct in the collec- 

 tions from the cemeteries of Cross Co., Arkansas, now in the 



