44 TORTOISESHELL'AXD-WHITE CATS. 



THE TORTOISESHELL-AND-WHITE CAT. 



This is a more common mixture of colouring than the 

 tortoiseshell pure and simple without white, and seems to 

 be widely spread over different parts of the world. It is 

 the opinion of some that this colour and the pure tortoise- 

 shell is the original domestic cat, and that the other varieties 

 of marking and colours are but deviations produced by 

 crossing with wuld varieties. My brother, John Jenner 

 Weir, F.L.S., F.Z.S., holds somewhat to this opinion; but, 



