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CAT

Plate I.

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Fig. 1.—SKINS OF THE BLOTCHED DOMESTIC CAT, SHOWING
 SOME OF THE VARIATIONS TO WHICH THE PATTERN IS
 LIABLE.  (Cf. Fig. 5 on Plate II.)		 Fig. 2.—SKINS OF THE STRIPED DOMESTIC CAT, GIVING
 THE “TICKED” BREED AND A PARTIALLY ALBINO
 SPECIMEN.  (Cf. Fig. 4 on Plate II.)

Fig. 3.—SKINS OF THE EUROPEAN WILD CAT, FROM
ROSS-SHIRE, SCOTLAND.  (Cf. Fig. 1 on Plate II.)


Note—Of the two types of colouration found in modern domestic cats, the striped type obviously corresponds to the original wild cat as seen in various parts of North Europe to-day. The origin of the blotched as a special type is wholly unknown.

(Photos from Plates VIII., IX., and X., P.Z.S., 1907, by permission of the Zoological Society of London.)

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