METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF GUINEA-PIGS 543 



White ^ 



Cream q^ 



Yellow ij^ 



Silver (silver agouti) ^2 



Silver and yellow ^tU 



Red ^ 



Red and Gold RJLt 



Gold (golden agouti) Ai 



Fawn (also chocolate) ^g 



Yellow and Slate ^ 



Slate...- ^ 



Red and Black ^[^ 



Black ^ 



5. The varieties of coat are described thus: 



Hair Clipped ^ 



Rough ^ 



Angora ^ 



6. The regions of the body are represented by small letters as 

 follows (see fig. 1) : .. , p, , 



^ Singular Plural 



Nose '^^ 



Face 



Head 



.bU- 



Eye -^ -^^^ 



Ear ^^ 4*^ 



Root (of ear) -f \f 



Shoulder "4-' ,4^ 



Pleura -^ 4^ 



Flank (pleura and hip) "^ 'IT 



Sacrum 



7. The pigs are described in the order of the depth of their 

 coloring, a white pig, for instance, is mentioned first, then a pig 

 with few markings over only a small part of the body. Pigs of 

 sohd colors come last in the order given above. White is men- 

 tioned only when the entire pig is white. 



8. In describing an animal, the assistant starts with the fore 

 part of the body on the right side (R) ; he mentions the color- 

 say, of the right eye— and proceeding backward enumerates the 



2 Note the difference between 6" (silver) and •^' (slate). 



