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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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illustrating the plum family, to which belong the plums,
cherries, apricots, and peaches. As many of the species of…
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upright habit, and more graceful than the cottonwood or
Carolina poplar; the American aspen, a native of northern
North…
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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…
Tbervillea sonorae, 11
Indian root, 55
India rubber, 20
sources of, 2o
Indigo, 21
false, 67
Innocence, 58
Insectivorous…
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17 Newsreel Stories of the 30s° ARCH | 24, Plow That Broke the Plains; The Land (Flaher-
i Noon, 2:30pm Free ty…
The natural history of dogs : Canidae or genus Canis of authors ; including also the genera Hyaena and Proteles / by Lieut. Col…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS, 35
French government despatched the Abbé Chappe
&’ Auteroche to Tobolsk to make the required ob-…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS. =
pearances, and excited an interest which has since
yielded an abundant harvest.*
Our Naturalist set off…
44 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
tic birds had arrived. T have remarked, that not
only in these countries, but generally throughout…
50 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
being trained. A Kirguis will often give a first-
rate horse for an eagle of good breed, whilst he will…
52 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
to Cuvier, no animal, even the commonest among
ourselves, are so well known. He also imntroduced to…
MEMOIR OF PALLAS. 7D
In 1781, he began a work which he meant parti-
cularly to dedicate to the insects of Russia (Zeones…
58 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
the world has ever seen. China, India, Persia, and
the whole of Tartary, were nccessarily subjected to…
¢0 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
and government, but devotes a large portion of his
work to an account of their religion, which is truly…
66 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
disappointment :—* Were this the proper place to
inform my readers of the disquietude and hardships…
63 MEMOIR OF PALLAS.
phy. We used every endeavour to prevail upon
him to quit the country and accompany us to Eng-
land ;…
74 APPENDIX.
the Count Lacépede, 1788 ; and the other
in 8 vols. 8vo. and one of plates, with
Notes by Lamarck and Longles,…
APPENDIX. o
phidis novam speciem orientalem. Part 11.
Obsercations generales sur les espéces sau-
vage des gros Betail. Ib…
INTRODUCTION. 87
We may therefore commence our remarks by
observing that dogs are found in every quarter of
the globe,…
88 INTRODUCTION.
Now, adverting to the eircumstance of the fertility
of the mixed breed between wolf and dog (one cer-…
INTRODUCTION. 89
Or in the case noticed by Mr Hodgson at Katman-
doo, where his experiments proved the Capra tharal®
and…
94 INTRODUCTION.
Society, in February 1837, are correct, the vertebra
of the back, loins,and sacrum differ, between the wild…
05 INTRODUCTION,
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…
a8 INTRODUCTION.
abundant. Yet none of these dogs have assumed
its aspect ; nor have they mixed, further south, with
jackals…
1006 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 his 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 THE CANINE FAMILY
and France, hydrophobia attacks wolves 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…
186 THE CANINE FAMILY
and races that have since becn nearly or entirely
extirpated.
This opinion is strengthened by the fact…
SUB-GENUS I. CHAON.
SECTION 1. LUPUS.
THE WOLVES.
Lupus, Linn.—Sub-genus Chaon, Ham. Smith.
Toe typical wolf of Europe and…
THE WOLVES. 131
when they wish to conceal a part of their food or
the droppings about their lairs. The parent wolves
punish…
134 TIIE WOLVES,
ately devour him. At the close of the appalling
fanine which desolated India, now more than a
quarter of a…
136 THE WOLVES.
rally repel the attack, killing one or more of the
enemy. Single horses fight a wolf by striking with’
the…
THE COMMON WOLF, 149
In colour, the head, face, neck, and back is light
grey ; the hair being a mixture of sandy and ash ;…
152 THE BLACK WOLF.
now the lobo will accompany strings of mules as
soon as it becomes dusky. They are seen bounding
from…
THE CAYGOTTE OF MEXICO. 165
white. The Indians named it aguarra, an appella-
tion we shall find in the sequel applied to…
THE RED DOGS. 178
the other seen in the southern provinces. This
Dhole was represented to be a robust thick-bodied
animal,…
THE TRUE DHOLE.*
Chryseus seylax, SMITH.
PLATE VIIL
The Dhole of Capt. Williamson, and Quihoe of Dr. Daniel
Jolhnson.
TrHE…
180 THE TRUE DHOLE.
zle, back of the ecars, and feet sooty. From this
description the animal differs from Chryseus prime-…
184
THE PARTAH DOG.
Chryseus paharich, NoBIS,
Chien marron of the French at Pondicherry.
It may be questioned whether the…
208 TIE JACKALS.
prophets. Though it is thus overlooked, or con-
founded with the Deeb (the welf) in the Hebrew
and ancient…
THE JACKALS, 211
Moslem dominions they remain entirely unmolested;
-but in British India they are occasionally coursed
with…
212 TIE JACKALS.
native Indians. Although when in captivity they
know and will follow their master, they are far
from…
THE COMMON JACKAL. 215
crooked ; the tail is straight, somewhat longer in
proportion, and more brushy than in the wolf; the…
218
THE BARBARY JACKAL.
Sacalius Barbarus.
Canis Barbarus, Shaw.
Tre Thaleb of Bruce, and the Deeb of Tunis of
Dr. Shaw ;…
SACALIUS INDICUS. 219
Sacalius Indicus. This race is probably the
Gola quoilak and Kadlu nari of southern India.
It is about…
220 SACALIUS INDICUS.
a vulpine cxpression ; the eyes full ; iris dark hazel,
emitting a greenish gleam; forward, the animal…
223
CORSAC DOG-FOX.
Cynalopex corsac.
PLATE XVL
Wz think with Monsieur Desmarets, that this
species should be 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 IIL
Illustrated with Twenty-four Plates, demy 8vo, from Original…