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THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



Shoulder and Fore-arm of Cat, 96 

 Showing, 97, 116, 129 ; in America. 324 

 Shows, 25, 67, 85 ; Abyssinian Cats at, 301 ; m 

 America, 304, 319, 327 ; " A.O.C." Class, 233 ; 

 Bedding at, 80 ; Best Time lor Persians, 76 ; 

 Black and White Persian Classes, 112; 

 California, 316 ; Chinchilla Class, 137 ; Classi- 

 fication, 64, 78, 169, 188 ; Cleveland, U.S., 314 ; 

 Connecticut, 308; Crystal Palace (1871), 17 I 

 Danger of Distemper, 304 ; Despatch of Prizes, 

 85 ; Disqualifications, 6b ; Entries and Fees, 

 64, 65 ;" Faking " for, 66 ; Feeding at, 66, 81 ; 

 Financial Aspect of, 86, 90 ; Foreign Cats, 301 ; 

 Illness at, 81 ; Judging Books, 82 ; Kittens, 

 Litier Classes, 65 ; Local, 02 ; Management, 

 75 ; Mixed, 75 ; Naming of Cats, 63 ; National 

 Cat Club, 27, 94 ; Neuters. 237 ; New York, 

 304 ; Ohio, 314 ; Open Judging. 84 ; Pedigree 

 Particulars, 63 ; Penning, 8p ; Persians, 100 ; 

 Prize Tickets, 80 ; Registration, 78 ; Sales, 84; 

 Selling Classes, 82; Shaded Silver Class, i6e ; 

 Short-haired Cats, 274, 285, 250; SilverPersians, 



Various, 28 ; Veterinary Surgeon at, 81 



Siam, 257 ; Chocolate Cat of, 256 ; Common Cat 

 of, 264 ; Royal Cat of, 254 



Siamese Cat Club, The, 26, 30. 255, 259 



Siamese Cats, 254, 271 ; in America, 271 ; Miss 

 Armitage on, 260 ; Breeding, 172 ; Lady 

 Marcus Beresford on, 261 ; Mrs. Parker 

 Brough on, 263 ; Chocolate Colour, 256 ; Miss 

 Cochran on, 265 ; Mrs. Carew Cox on, -.66 ; 

 Delicacy, 254 ; Eyes, 272 ; Fanciers, 256, 258 

 Feeding, 264 ; Fighting Propensities, 272 ; 

 Freaks, 272 ; Mrs. Hawkins on, 262 ; Judg- 

 ing, 265 ; Kittens, 257. 268 ; Legends, 257, 

 260 ; Markings, 257 ; Mating, 256, 258, 262 ; 

 Origin of Title " Royal," 259 ; Points, 255, 

 259, 265 ; Recognised Varieties, 266 ; Mrs. 

 C. Robinson on, 259 ; Mrs. Spencer on, 261 ; 

 Superstitions, 268 ; Throat Complaints, 269 ; 

 Voice, 254, 272 ; Miss Forestier- Walker on, 

 257, 267 



Signboards, Cat on, 13 



" Silver Lambkin " Challenge Trophy, 151 



Silver Persians, 137, 161 ; Coats, 140 ; Fanciers, 

 143 ; Kittens. 139, 158 ; Markings, 138 ; Mrs. 

 Martin on, 160 ; Mating, 143 ; Mrs. Nield on, 

 155 ; Points. 137, 141 ; Queens, 157 ; Specialist 

 Club, 30; Mrs. Wellbye on, 160 



Silver and Smoke Persian Cat Society, 26, 30, 143, 

 151 



Silver Society, 141, 151 ; Smokes Denned by, 182 



Silver Tabby Persians, 165; Colour, 170; Miss 

 Cope on, 163 ; Fanciers, 168 ; Mr. House on, 

 175; In-breedine, 348; Miss Leake on, 170 ; 

 Mating, 172, 175 ; Points, 162, 166, 170, 174 ; 

 H. Weir on, 165 



Silver Tabby Short-haired Cats, 287, . 291 ; 

 Fanciers, 288 



Sinkins, Mrs., on Smoke Persians, 187 



Sires, Choice of, 38 



Skeleton of Cat, 3 i ; Diagram, 355 



" Skellingthorpe Patrick," 345 



Skin, Diseases of the, 373 



Skull of Cat, 06, 351, 353 



Sleeping Boxes, 52 



Smoke Persians, 178; in America, 184; Colour 

 Breeding. 346; Eys, 180, 183, 346 ; Fanciers, 

 180 ; " Field and Fancy" on, 185 ; Mrs. H. V. 

 James on, 180 ; Kittens, 346 ; Markings. 346 ; 

 Mating, 179, 182, 184, 346 ; Points, 178, 180, 

 T**2 ; Mrs. Sinkins on, 184 ; Mrs. Stead on, 185 



Snow Leopard, The, 351 



Soda-water, 258 



Somatose, 135 



Soul of Animals, 36 



South American Dwarf Cats, 300 



Southdown Cats, 186 



Specialist Clubs, 30 ; and Midland Counties Cat 

 Club, 94 ; and Shows, 76 



Specialists, Veterinary, 31 



Spencer, Mr?., on Siamese Cats, 261 



Speos, 3 



Splaying, 4 ', 237 



Sporting Instinct, 22 



Spratt's Biscuits, 37 



Staphyloma, 373 



Statuary, 13 



Stead, Mrs.", on Smoke Persians, 185 



Sternum of Cat, 353 



Stewart, Mrs. Mackenzie, 104 



Stomach of Cat, 351 



Stray Cats, Homes for, 32 



Structure of Cat, 350, 351 



Stud Cats, 47, 109 ; in America, 30, 305 ; Blue 

 Persian-*, 125, 130 ; Chinchillas, 148 ; Fees 

 (or, 47, 91 ; Food, 47 ; Mating, 47 ; Orange 

 Persians, 191, 193; at Shows, 84; Siamese, 

 258, 265 ; Silver Persians, 144, 168 ; Tortoise- 

 shell, 284 ; White Persians, 1.2 



Sulphate of Iron, 196 



Sun, Need of, for Health, 49, 342 



Superficial Flexor Tendons, 352 



Superficial Muscles of Cat, 354 



Superstitions, 144 



Surface of Cat's Tongu;, 357 



Swinburne, n 



Syringing Nasal Passages, 362 



Tabby Cat, i, 215 ; Harrison Weir on, 216 

 Tabby Fenians,' 165 ; Colour Breeding, 3+7 

 Tabby Short-haired Cats. 291 ; Colour Breeding, 



. 34 ) ; Mating, 294 

 Tabby-and-White Persians, 233 



Tail or Brush. 97 ; in Eastern Cats, 245 ; Siamese 

 Cats, 254, 257, 264, 266; Silver Persians, 172, 

 774 ; Smoke Persians, 178 ; Terminal Bones 

 in, 352 



Tailless Cats, 245 



Tapeworm, 361 



Tarsal Bones of Cat, 354 



Taxation of Cats, 19 



Techau, 5 , 



Teeth of Cat, 350 ; as Guide to Age, 99 ; of 

 Kittens, 352 



Terminal Bones of Cat's Foot, 353 



Thebes, 3 ; Paintings, 5 



Thomas, Mrs. G., 330 



Tiger, The, 350, 351 



Tiger Cat, an . 



Toe tufts, 97 ; in Blue Persians, 126 ; in Chin- 

 chillas, 154 ; in White Persians, ti8 



Toes of Cat, 350 



Tongue of Cat, 351, 355 ; Dla g ra 7';.357 



Tortoiseshell Persians, 208, 211 ; Miss M. Beal on, 

 210; Colour Breeding, 3(5, 3-P! Mating, 

 209, 211 ; Points, 209, 210; Scarcity of 

 Males, 209 



Tortoiseshell Short-haired Cats, 287; Fanciers, 

 287 ; Markings, 295 ; Mating, 295 



Tortoiseshell-and- White Tertians, 212 ; Mating, 



Tortoiseshell-and-White Short-haired Cats, 293 

 "Touch not the cat, but the glove," 13 

 Travelling Baskets, 38, 58, 65 



Trichiasis, 371 

 Trick Training, 24 

 True Canker, 369 



" Twenty Lookes over all the Roundh ads of the 

 World, ' 8 



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Undigested Food, 46, 360 

 Unreasonable Buyers, 89 

 Urine, Incontinence of, 361 



Vegetables as Food, 37 



Ventilation, 52, 338 



Vertebra: of Cat, 352 



Veterinary Surgeon at Shows 80 



Victoria, H.R.H., Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, 



27, 105, 119, ist 



Vida 1 , Mrs. G. H., on Orange Persians, 192 

 Vomiting, 35 i 



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Wain, Louis, 16 ; on Eyes, 167 ; on Neuters, 242 



Walker, Mrs. G. H.. 159 



Ward, Mr., 31 ; Artificial Foster-mother, 42, 340; 



Lethal Box, 56 

 Washing Cats, 37, 124 

 Water, 37 

 Watertowl, 5 

 Wean ng Kittens, 159 

 Weir, Harrison, i > ; on Angoras, ^8 ; on Black 



' 'ats, 114; on Blue Persians, 128; on Cat 



Proverbs, i=; ; on Curious Markings, 233 ; 



"Our Cats," by, 16 ; President N.t.C., 26; 



on Russian Cats. 275 ; on Short-hairs, 284, 



285 ; on Siamese Cats, 272 ; on Silver Tabbies. 



165 ; on "Tabby Cat," 2 6 ; on Tortoiseshell- 



aud-White Per-ians, 213 

 Wellbye, Mrs., on Silver Persians, 160 

 Westlake, Mrs., on White Persians, 123 

 Whately, Archb shop, 18 

 While Persians, 118 ; in America, 304 ; Breeding, 



344 ; Cleaning Coat, 124 ; Deafness 123; 



Fanciers, 119 ; Miss M. Hunt on, 121 ; 



Kittens, 121 ; Mrs. C. Locke on, 123 ; Mrs. 



Westlake on, 123 

 White and Black Persians, 233 

 White Short-haired Cats 289 

 Whitney, Miss, on Brown Tabbies, 224 

 Whiskers, of Cat, 97 ; o< Silver Tabbies, 172, 174 

 WildCats, 7, 13; in America, 322; Anatomy of, 



ico ; European, 297 

 Window, Miss H., 34 

 Wire Netting, 108 

 Witchcraft, 8, 19 

 Worcester, Mass., Cattery, 306 

 Wordsworth, W.. M 

 Worms, 38 ; Gastritis caused by, 358 ; m Kit'ens, 



44; Medicines, 361; In Siamese Cats, 268; 



Treatment, 361 ; Vomiting caused by, 358 



Yellow Ringworm, 375 



u Zaida," 102, 144 



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