THE LONG-HAIRED VARIETIES 39 



iris is pale in colour, gradually increasing with the 

 cat's growth as the pigmentation deepens or ought 

 to do. This is where many Angoras fail. Light 

 washy blue eyes are faulty. Odd eyes are equally 

 objectionable. The body conformation should 

 correspond with that given under the " General 

 Characteristics." 



The Smoke Persian. 



There are black and blue varieties of this, 



If a Black Smoke, the hair is white towards the 

 skin and a dark grey at the tips ; whilst the collar or 

 frill is of a lighter grey. 



The face is dark, or black, in the black variety, 

 but in a blue variety is grey. 



The fore-limbs must correspond with the colour 

 of the face. 



Ear tufts are light. 



Iris, orange. 



The Blue Persian. 



The Blue Persian, in reality, is a steel grey, and 

 the chief essential is that the fur must be free from 

 any admixture of white or any other colour of hair ; 

 in other words, paleness and purity of coloration 

 are a sine qua non ; any tendency towards smoked 

 fur, shadings or markings, being faulty 



Eyes should be a deep orange. 



