[55] F. Cuvier in ‘Annales du Muséum,’ tom. xviii. p. 337; Godron ‘De l’Espèce,’ tom. i. p. 342; and Col. H. Smith in ‘Nat. Library,’ vol. ix. p. 101. See also some observations on the degeneracy of the skull in certain breeds, by Prof. Bianconi, ‘La Theorie Darwinienne,’ 1874, p. 279.
[56] Dr. Burt Wilder, ‘American Assoc. Advancement of Science,’ 1873, pp. 236, 239.
[57] Isid. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ‘Hist. des Anomalies,’ 1832, tom. i. p. 660, Gervais ‘Hist. Nat. des Mammifères,’ tom. ii., 1855, p. 66. De Blainville (‘Ostéographie, Canidæ,’ p. 137) has also seen an extra molar on both sides.
[58] ‘Ostéographie, Canidæ,’ p. 137.
[59] Würzburger ‘Medecin. Zeitschrift,’ 1860, B. i. s. 265.
[60] Mr. Yarrell in ‘Proc. Zoolog. Soc.,’ Oct. 8th, 1833. Mr. Waterhouse showed me a skull of one of these dogs, which had only a single molar on each side and some imperfect incisors.
[61] Quoted in ‘The Veterinary,’ London, vol. viii. p. 415.
[62] This is quoted from Stonehenge, a great authority, ‘The Dog,’ 1867, p. 187.
[63] ‘Hist. Nat. Général,’ tom. iii. p. 448.
[64] W. Scrope ‘Art of Deer-Stalking,’ p. 354.