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WAVE-MARKED TABBIES, 



MRS. HERRING S BLUE SMALL-BANDED TABBY. 



claws are black, or nearly so. The hair is generally very 

 fine, short, and soft. Altogether it is most lovely, and well 

 worthy of attention, forming, as it does, a beautiful contrast 

 to the red, the yellow, or even the brown tabby. A tur- 

 quoise ribbon about its neck will show to great advantage 

 the delicate lilac tints of its coat, or, if a contrast is preferred, 

 a light orange scarlet, or what is often called geranium 

 colour, will perhaps give a brighter and more pleasing 

 effect. 



This is by no means so uncommon a colour in the long- 



