58 THE CAT 



f ul curves in the neighborhood of the neck and 

 shoulders, but always interrupted into spots. 

 The spots should be medium in size, and the 

 better and more distinctly denned they are the 

 better the Tabby. If spots exist on the face 

 they are especially valuable. There should be 

 no white. The general conformation given for 

 the Banded Tabbies applies to the Spotted 

 Tabby ; but the nose should be dark red, and 

 the eyes a yellow-orange ; the less greenish the 

 better. 



In the Brown Spotted Tabby the pads of the 

 feet are always black, and in the Yellow or 

 Red Spotted Tabby they may be pink. (The 

 spots should not be annulated.) The Spotted 

 Tabby is usually a very large cat, a great 

 mouser and hunter, a brave animal, well capa- 

 ble of taking care of itself against other cats 

 and dogs, and approaches in its general char- 

 acteristics in many ways to the Wildcat. 



The Blue or Silver Tabhy. 



HEAD. Its head is small and broad, with a 

 long, sharp nose. 



EYES. The eyes are orange for the Blue 



