1 40 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



The eyes round, but not too prominent, soft and 

 liquid in expression and match ing in colour,harmonising 

 with the coat and a golden yellow in colour. 



The shoulders and chest, with mane and frill, well, 

 but not excessively developed, as I fancy animals of 

 their colour do not usually carry so much coat as others 

 or may appear not to do so from their neutral tint. 



Legs and feet, fine in bone, and rather short than 

 long. Hind quarters and brush covered with long 

 straight hair, which has the appearance of being more 

 woolly in texture and less silky than in most of the 

 other colours, and the brush not so voluminous in 

 size. 



The coat should be long and straight, with dense 

 undercoat of soft, close hair, more profuse on the 

 back and sides. 



Condition should be fairly plump, without being 

 big, or any tendency to coarseness, rather inclining to 

 length of body and flatness at sides. 



Colour, a sort of pale drab or cream all over, with 

 perhaps, a little warmer tint on the ears, shoulders, upper 

 part of back and brush, but not so as to break the 

 harmony of the whole. 



Size, about ten pounds for males, and a little less for 

 females, this, in my view, being a variety which is not 

 improved by attaining great weight. 



I am not aware that any scale has been published of 

 the points to be desired for show specimens, so that 

 I give my ideas upon it, with some diffidence, for 

 the guidance of the novices amongst my readers. 



