VARIETIES 71 



light orange. Tlie entire mask of the face and 

 ears and the legs and tail are black. The Royal 

 Cat of Siam is a small animal, narrow in the 

 body, lithe and graceful. The legs are thin 

 and short. The neck is long and small, and 

 the feet are long. 



THE MANX CAT. 



The Manx Cat differs from the ordinary cat 

 only in being tailless, or nearly so, the most 

 choice families not having any tail at all. If 

 they have a short rudimentary tail it should 

 be boneless j but sometimes they have short, 

 thin, twisted tails, or tails in the shape of a 

 knob. Some Manx Cats, however, have very 

 long tails, even ten inches in length. The hind 

 legs are proportionately longer and somewhat 

 heavy, which gives the cat when running or 

 jumping somewhat of the action of a rabbit; 

 but this is more imaginary than real, and the 

 supposed similarity is due rather to the char- 

 acter of the tail. Most Manx Cats are rather 

 smallish, with a head small for their size, set 

 on a thick and long neck. The eyes are large, 



