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SPOTTED TABBIES. 



green the better. The nose should be of a dark red, 

 edged with black or dark brown, in the dark colours, or 

 somewhat lighter colour in the gray or blue tabbies. The 

 pads of the feet in all instances must be black. In the 

 yellow and the red tabby the nose and the pads of the feet 

 are to be pink. As regards the tail, that should have large 

 spots on the upper and lower sides instead of being annulated, 

 but this is difficult to obtain. It has always occurred to 

 me that the spotted tabby is a much nearer approach to 

 the wild Enghsh cat and some other wild cats in the way 

 of colour than the ordinary broad-banded tabby. Those 

 specimens of the crosses, said to be between the wild and 

 domestic cat, that I have seen, have had a tendency to be 



