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Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections
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tree (Olea europaea), of which a small specimen will be found
near the oleanders; this plant was originally from the Med…
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upright habit, and more graceful than the cottonwaod or
Carolina poplar ; the American aspen, a native of northern…
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the DBronx River. The magnolia family will be found
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
few…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 37
pearances, and excited an interest which has since
yielded an abundant harvest.*
Our Naturalist set off…
52 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
to Cuvier, no antinal, cven the eommionest among
oursclves, are so well known. He alzo ntroduced to…
58 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
the world has ever seen. China, India, Persia, and
the whole of Tartary, were neeessarily subjected to…
APPENDIX. b
1777. Obs. circa Myrmecophagum Afric. et Didel-
phidis novam speciem orientalem. Part 11
1777. Descripiion dw…
INTRODUGTION, 83
many plants are found in a wild state that man
appears to have carricd with him in his devious
migrations…
INTRODUCTION. 87
We may therefore commence our remarks by
observing that dogs are found in every quarter of
the globe,…
INTRODUGOTION, 89
Or in the case noticed by Mr Hodgson at Katman-
doo, swhere his experiments proved the Capra tharal®
and…
94 INTRODUCTION.
Society, in February 1837, are correet, the vertebra
of the back, loins,and sacrum differ, between the wild…
96 INTRODUGTION.
tion.* Writers more imbued with the spirit of
system than with the phenomena they have to
investigate and…
INTRODUCTION. 97
swered that dogs proceeded from the species in the
ark, what becomes of the Mongolic, the Negro, and
the…
98 INTRODUCTION,
abundant. Yet none of these dogs have assumed
its aspect ; nor have they mixcd, further south, with…
166 INTRODUCTION,
they be without a known prototype, we might form
a system as philosophically admissible as our present…
IN GENERAL. 121
first state of existence, may be one of the many
provisions of Nature to keep up the balance be-
tween the…
122 THE CANINE FAMILY
hostility of his family to tigers, by lis unceasing
pursuit of them in the night, and announcing his…
IN GENERAL. 123
the thighs and shoulders fleshy, and the legs ten-
dinous ; the muscles appear very prominent, but the
gait…
124 TIHE CANINE FAMILY
and France, hydrophobia attacks svolves and foxes
as well as the dogs ; both the first mentioned are…
IN GENERAL. 125
formerly had their earths in Germany. Many of the
species hunt in troops; those who are permanent…
126 THE CANINE FAMILY
and races that have since been nearly or entirely
extirpated.
This opinion is strengthened by the fact…
SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ifam. Smith.
Tug typical wolf of Europe and…
134 TIE WOLVES,
ately devour him. At the elose of the appalling
famine which desolated India, now more than a
quarter of a…
136 THE WOLVES.
zally repel the attack, killing one or more of the
enemy. Smgle horses fight a wolf by striling with’
the…
THE COMMON WOLF. 149
In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light
grey; the hair being a mixtare of sandy and ash;
on…
THE CAYGOTTE OF MEXICO. 165
white. The Indians named it qguarra, an appella-
tion e shall find in the sequel applied to…
THE TRUE DHOLE*
Clryseus scyla, SMITH,
PLATE VIL
The Dhole of Capt. Williamson, and Quiloe of Dir. Daniel
Joknson.
Tne…
180 THE TRUE DHOLE.
zle, back of the ears, and feet sooty. From this
description the animal differs from Chryseus prime-
2…
184
THE PAR[AH DOG.
Clinyseus pahariak, Nowis.
Chien marron of the French at Pondicherry.
It may be questioned whether the…
208 THE JACKALS,
prophets. Though it is thus overlooked, or con-
founded with the Deeb (the wolf) in the Hebrew
and ancient…
212 THE JACKALS.
native Indians. Although when in eaptivity they
know and will follow their master, they are far
from…
218
THE BARBARY JACKAL.
Sucalius Barbarus.
Canis Barbarus, Shasr.
Tag Thaleb of Bruce, and the Dech of Tunis of
Dr. Shaw…
SACALIUS INDICUS, 219
Sacalius Indicus. This race is probably the
Cola quoilah and Kadlu nari of southern India.
Tt is about…
220 SACALIUS INDICUS,
a vulpine expression ; the eycs full ; iris dark hazel,
emitting a greenish gleam; forward, the animal…
223
CORSAC DOG-FOX,
Cynalopex corsac.
PLATE XVL
Wz think with Monsieur Desmarcts, that this
species should he placed with…
227
FULVOUS-TAILED DOG-FOX.
Cynalopex chrysurus, GREY.
TrE length of this animal is twenty-three inches and
a half; the…
LIZARS SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL SURGERY.
Just published,
PART IL
Tllustrated with Twenty-four Plates, demy 8vo, from Original…