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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…
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upright habit, and more graceful than the cottonvvood or
Carolina poplar; the American aspen, a native of northern…
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the Bronx River. The magnolia family will be found
mainly in the swale lying between the two ridges, with a
few…
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Ibervillea sonorae, n
Indian root, 55
India rubber, 20
articles manufactured from, 20
instruments for collecting, 20…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
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pearances, and excited an interest which has since
yielded an abundant harvest.*
Our Naturalist set…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
to Cuvier, no animal, even the commonest amon<T
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ourselves, are so well known. He also…
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MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
the world has ever seen. China, Ixidia, Persia, and
the whole of Tartary, were necessarily subjected to…
APPENDIX.
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1 777' Obs. circa Myrmecophagum Afric. et Didel-
phidis novam speciem orientalein. Part II.
1777-…
INTRODUCTION.
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many plants are found in a wild state that man
appears to have carried with him in his devious
migrations…
INTRODUCTION.
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We may therefore commence our remarks by
observing that dogs are found in every quarter of
the globe,…
INTRODUCTION.
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Or in the case noticed by Mr Hodgson at Katman-
doo, where his experiments proved the Capra tharal'â…
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INTRODUCTION.
Society, in February 1837, are correct, the vertebras
of the back, loins, and sacrum diflfer, between the…
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INTRODUCTION.
tion.*
Writers more imbued with the spirit of
system than with the phenomena they have to
investigate and…
IxNTRODUCTION.
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swered that dogs proceeded from the spocies in the
ark, what becomes of the Mongolic, the Negro, and
the…
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INTRODUCTION.
abundant.
Yet none of these do^s have assumed
its aspect ; nor have they mixed, further south, with…
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INTRODUCTION.
they be without a known prototype, we might form
a system as philosophically admissible as our present…
IN GENERAL.
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first state of existence, may be one of tlie many
provisions of Nature to keep up the balance be-
tween the…
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THE CANINE FAMILY
hostility of his family to tigers, hy his unceasing
pursuit of them in the night, and announcing his…
IN GENERAL.
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the thighs and shoulders fleshy, and the legs ten-
dinous ; the muscles appear very prominent, but the
gait…
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THE CANINE FAMILY
and France, hydropliobia attacks wolves and foxes
as well as the dogs ; both the first mentioned are…
IN GENERAL.
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formerly had their earths in Germany. Many of the
species hunt in troops ; those who are permanent…
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THE CANINE FAMILY
and races that have since been nearly or entirely
extirpated.
This opinion is strengthened hy the…
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SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION I. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ham. Smith.
The typical wolf of Europe…
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THE WOLVES.
ately devour him. At, the close of the appalling
famine which desolated India, now more than a
quarter of a…
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THE WOLVES.
rally repel the attack, killing one or more of the
enemy. Single horses fight a wolf by striking with…
THE COMMON WOLF.
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In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light
grey ; the hair being a mixture of sandy and ash
on…
THE CAYGOTTE OF MEXICO.
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\^'hite.
The Indians named it aguarra^an appella-
tion we shall find in the sequel applied…
THE RED DOGS.
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the other seen in the southern provinces.
This
Dhole was represented to be a robust thick-bodied
animal…
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THE TKUE DHOLE.*
Chn/seiis sct/Icut, Smith.
PLATE Vn.
The Dhole of Capt. Williamson^and Quihoe of Dr. Daniel
Johnson…
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THE TRUE DHOLE.
zle, back of the ears, and feet sooty. From this
description the animal differs from Chryseus primw-…
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THE P\RT4H DOG.
Chryseus pahariah, N0BI8.
Chien marron of the French at Pondicherry.
It may be questioned whether the…
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THE JACKALS.
prophets.
Though it is thus overlooked, or con-
founded with the Deeh (the wolf) in the Hebrew
and…
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THE JACKALS.
native Indians.
Although when in captivity they
know and will follow their master, they are far
from…
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THE BARBARY JACKAL.
Sacalius Barhartts.
Canis Barbarus, Shatc.
The Thaleh of Bruce, and the Deeh of Tunis of
Dr. Shaw…
SACALIUS INDICUS.
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Sacalius Indicus.
This race is probably the
Gola quoilah and Kadlu nari of southern India.
It is…
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SACALIUS INDICUS.
a vulpine expression ; the eyes full ; iris dark hazel,
emitting a greenish gleam ; forward, the…
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CORSAC DOG-FOX.
Cynalopex corsac.
PLATE XVI.
We think Avitli Monsieur Desmarcts, that this
species should be placed…
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FULVOUS-TAILED DOG-FOX.
Cynalopex chrysurus^Grey.
The length of this animal is twenty-three inches and
a half; the tail…
LIZARS' SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL SURGERY,
Just published,
PART II.
Illustrated with Twenty-four Plates, demy 8vo, from…