BLACK-AND-WHITE CATS. 



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The same markings are applicable to the brown tabby 

 and white, the dark tabby and white, the red tabby and 

 white, the yellow tabby and white, the blue or silver tabby 

 and white, and the blue and white. One great point is to 

 obtain a perfectly clear and distinct gracefully-curved outline 

 of colour, and this to be maintained throughout ; the blaze 

 on the forehead to be central. It is stated that if a dog 

 has white anywhere, he is sure to have a white tip to his 

 tail, and I think, on observation, it will be found usually the 

 case, although this is not so in the cat, for I cannot call to mind 

 a single instance where a black-and-white had a white tip to 

 its tail ; but taking the various colours of the domestic cat 

 into consideration I think it will be found that there is a 

 larger number with some white about them than those of 

 entirely one colour, without even a few white hairs, which if 

 they appear at all are mostly to be found on the chest, 

 though they often are exceedingly few in number. 



ROYAL CAT OF SIAM. 



