300 RABBITS, CATS, AND CAVIES 



Many a litter have I bred in the early days, and found 

 to my dismay, that the Blacks had a few red hairs ; the 

 Whites with a small black spot or smudge on the forehead, 

 or perhaps one of the feet ; the Reds develop a white 

 star on the face ; or the Creams and Browns have a dash 

 of yellow somewhere. 



But breeders have a much easier task before them now, 

 as there are plenty of the assured strains of the different 

 Self colours from which to work, and in consequence 

 the youngsters can be obtained on very reasonable 

 terms. 



I sent out some time since a large batch of breeding 

 stock Bolivian Blacks, Reds and Agoutis, and some 

 Abyssinians to a nephew in Kansas, U.S. A., from which he 

 has bred hundreds of well-bred youngsters, and I have 

 since had many letters from him, saying that he has been 

 able to " sweep the board " at all the shows in his part of 

 the country, and had sold hundreds of his stock to other 

 fanciers. 



I shall give with this sketch some illustrations of 

 well-known winners amongst Selfs which will give an idea 

 of their appearance. 



I will give a brief description of the several points 

 desired in a perfect specimen, which will apply to all the 

 Bolivian specimens, as the subdivisions I have referred to 

 are mainly questions of colour. 



The head should be large, without "stop," the line 

 from the forehead to the nose with an outward curve, 

 forming what is commonly known as a Roman nose. 



The ears turned over at upper edge, fairly 



