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Fawns is in the shading of their coats, the silvering of 

 the former being more in evidence than in the latter, 

 but it will be found that Silver Creams and Silver 

 Fawns will often appear in the same litter, and from 

 parents of either of those colours. 



I may be mistaken, but it is my impression there are 

 not so many Silver Creams or Fawns seen at our shows 

 as used to be exhibited some ten or twelve years since, 

 perhaps the decided run of popular favour on the 

 Belgian Hare and Old English Rabbits may have 

 something to do with it, if I am correct in my view. 



My old friend, Enoch Hutton, F.Z.S., who is 

 perhaps one of the most experienced breeders of most 

 varieties of Rabbits, now living, wrote some years since 

 his opinions about Silver Creams as follows : 



"The Silver Cream, or, to be more explicit in its 

 designation, the Silver Fawn Rabbit, is the remote part 

 of the Silver Grey, and, though but recently introduced 

 to the show pen, bids fair to attain a high position, and 

 even to rival the Silver Grey in popularity and usefulness. 



" Many crosses have been introduced of late, with an 

 eye to the production of this variety, and with a view to 

 improving the evenness and richness of ground colour ; 

 but as yet little has been done in that direction, for 

 although at a glance most of such crosses have a super- 

 ficial appearance sufficient to deceive a beginner, yet, 

 on careful examination, these have proved of little value, 

 the ground colour being generally white, or very pale 

 fawn, the belly and feet pure white, many showing the 

 shape of head, ear and gait of the Belgian Hare ; and 



