160 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
protrude from a Cat’s nose and eyebrows are, in the ordinary 
domestic feline, about thygg inches long. In the Cats cul- 
tivated in the cold warehouses the feelers grow to a length of 
five and six inches. This is probably because the light is dim 
in these places, and all movements must be the result of the 
feeling sense. ‘The storage people say that if one of these 
furry Cats be taken into the open air, particularly during the 
hot season, it will die in a few hours. It cannot endure a 
high temperature, and an introduction to a stove would send 
it into fits. 
Of the more ordinary varieties of the Cat, the best known 
and most common in England, before crossing with the Per 
sian breed was introduced, was undoubtedly the Tabby ; this 
type of coloration consisting of a grey ground-colour, with sub- 
concentric vertical black bands on the body and thighs, longi- 
tudinal streaks of the same on the top of the head, a black 
stripe down the back, and bars on the upper surface of the 
tail. In some individuals the whole fur is of deep black, 
with the markings visible only in certain lights. From this 
type there is a transition to Black Cats, in which the coat 
shows no trace of markings in the adult, although stripes 
are more or less distinctly displayed in the kittens. Even 
these Cats are, however, seldom totally black, there being 
usually some white hairs on the throat. The eyes of Black 
Cats are of a peculiar clear yellow, standing out in striking 
contrast to the sable fur. As mentioned above, it is probable 
that Tabby Cats owe their stripes to crossing with the Wild 
Cat. . 
A Domestic Cat, brought home by Darwin from South 
America, is remarkable, according to Gray, for its striking 
resemblance to the Caffre Cat. From that species it chicfly 
differs in the tail being more slender and tapering, the colours 
more intense and defined, and the throat pure white. In 
