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Domesticated Animals. 



and the head, limbs, and tail dark brown ; the eyes are blue, and 

 there are two bald spots on the forehead. New-born kittens are 

 white. It is probably also a derivative from the Egyptian Wild Oat, 

 with which it asrrees in sknll-strncture. 



Fig. 24.— DiAGiiAM of the Colouu-Pattkun of thk P>i,()t<'J!ki> 

 OR Typical Tabby Cat. 



c. sp. cervical, or neck, space ; p. sc. sp. postscapular space ; sc. scapular, 

 or shoulder, stripe; supr. sc. suprascapular stripe; j). sc. postscapular stripe; 

 sp. spinal, or dorsal, stripe ; lat. do?-, lateral dorsal stripe ; sup. lat. upper 

 lateral, or side, stripe ; med. lat. middle side stripe ; in/, lat. lower side stripe. 

 (Prom R. I. Pocock, in the Zoological Society's Proceedings, 1907.) 



The most interesting specimen in the collection is the Chinchilla 

 Persian ' Silver Lambkin,' which was the father of the Chinchilhi 

 breed, and the most noted stad-cat of its time. This Cat was born 



