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THE MATOMAlLIif ^i ]iLIBItAM¥» AMMAILUA ^(S)1L -IS ^/t\ -^f -Tie Do^s of M' S* Bernard EDlNliUKGH: WHLIZAUS o2 FLKKT STREET DTTJLIN.WCrRRT JFNKS: C" LONDON SAMTEL HIOHLEY THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY ' I CONDUCTED BY SIR i WILLIAM JARDINE, BART F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &C &C MAMMALIA VOL IX DOGS CANID^ OR GENUS CANIS OF AUTHORS INCLUDING ALSO THE GENERA HY^NA AND PROTELES BY LIEUT.-COL CHAS R H AND HAMILTON SMITH, AND L S., PRESIDENT OP THE DEVON AND CORNWALL NAT HIST SOCIETY, &C «&C K W., F R EDINBURGH: S W H LIZARS, 3, ST JAMES' SQUARE, HIGHLEY, 32, FLEET STREET, LONDON; AND W CURRY, JUN AND CO DUBLIN 1839 UAJ EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY W 3, ST H LIZARS JAMES' SQUARE THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DOGS CANIDiE OR GENUS CANIS OF AUTHORS INCLUDING ALSO THE GENERA HYiENA AND PROTELES BY LIEUT -COL CHAS R.H HAMILTON SMITH, AND K.W., F R AND L.S., PRESIDENT OF THE DEVON AND CORNWALL NAT HIST SOCIETY, &C &C VOL I ILLUSTRATED BY THIRTY-THREE COLOURED PLATES, WITH PORTRAIT AND MEMOIR OF PALLAS EDINBURGH W H LIZARS, S HIGHLEY, 32, 3, ST JAMES' SQUARE FLEET STREET, LONDON W CURRY, J UN AND 1839 CO DUBLIN ; AND ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER "We have much satisfaction in fulfilling the assur- ance, given in our last advertisement, that volumes were in many an advanced state of progress, and would follow each other in as rapid succession as attention to the execution of the various depart- ments would allow ; and we have now the pleasure to present to our friends and the Public the first Natural History of the Dog, written by Colonel C Hamilt )N Smith, a wellknown and talented Zoologist, and one whom we may in future hope to rank as an able coadjutor in portion of the our Vv'ork This part contains the description of the principal wild races, allied to, and from which it is supposed most Dogs have sprung ; of our domestic breeds of while the second part, com- pleting their history, and illustrating all those ani- mals which have been cultivated from them use or amusement of man, is for the so far advanced, that X ADVERTISEMENT we are enabled confidently to promise it within the usual time The Volume which mentioned, and which will succeed those above we hope to publish before Christmas, will be that devoted to the " Natural History of Bees" in which the extraordinary instincts of the Honey Bee will The economical management form the chief will, object however, also be treated of; and a sketch of the history of the foreign forms which are allied to this interesting group of insects, will be added These will form the subjects which will occupy the volumes to be given within the present year; and it will be seen that tlie support which the Public has so liberally afforded to the " Library," has enabled us to receive assistance from Naturalists who bear a high rank in their respective walks of science The names of Selby, Swainson, Hamilton Smith, Hamilton, Dunbar, Duncan, and MacGiLLiVRAY, already stand as our co-operators, and the volumes for the coming year promise to increase our list 3, St with many able companions James' Square^ 1839 CONTENTS OP THE FIRST VOLUME Memoir of Pallas — Chronological List of some of his Introduction The Canine Family The Diurnal Canidse Sub-genus I Chaon in Works general Section I Lupus The Wolves PAGE 17 72 77 111 1-28 129 The Common Wolf Lupus vulgaris Plate L The Black Wolf Lupus lycaon Plate IL The American Wolves The Dusky Wolf Lupus nuhilus Plate III Wolf of Southern States, North America 148 150 Lupus Mexicanus Section II Lyciscus Plate IV — The Lyciscan Dogs 154 157 158 160 North American Prairie Wolf Lyciscus latrans Plate V 162 Xll The Caygotte CONTENTS of Mexico I'l ^ i J* I '^V^^V.^^ PLATE I.Ei/£e?ia 31 Far J-Aewfojuuiland D,>if ... as the wind sweeps the snow from the heights, and The Cossacks number of these animals They pursue them chiefly in March at this period the power of the sun melts the surface of the snow, they... variety of the elk and deer These separate during the winter, in the woods and thickets which skirt the rivers and streams, as well as over the moors and mountains There the elks browse upon the young... which they then seize upon and altogether beat to attract the fish, They seek their food principally before day-break and about mid-day, and they entirely When they clear of fish every lake they