19 JANUARY 1884, Page 14

ARE DOGS COLOUR-BLIND?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:]

Sra,—Your correspondents have been discussing whether dogs are colour-blind. Let me give you an instance which shows they are not. Once, when I was at Trient, I saw a poor little dog, like a fox-terrier, which bad been dyed a bright magenta colour. He was running about and trying to make acquaint- ance with the other dogs, but none of them would have anything to say to him. I think this shows they could clearly distin-