THE BAUDII. 



entirely so. Sometimes a rabbit drops one ear completely, 

 but raises the other so nearly horizontally as to constitute an 

 oar-lop ; this is superior to elU others, except the perfect fall, 

 which is so rarely to be met with, that those which are merely 

 oar-lopped are considered as valuable rabbits, if well bred and 

 with other good qualities. 



The real lop has ears that haug down by the side of the 

 cheek, slanting somewhat outward in their descent, with the 

 open part of the ear inward, and sometimes either backwards 

 or forwards instead of perpendicular ; when the animals stand 

 in an easy position, the tips of the ears touch the ground. 

 The hollows of the ears, in a fancy rabbit of a first-rate kind, 

 should be turned so completely backwards that only the outer 

 part of them should remain in front ; they should match 

 exactly in their descent, and should slant outwards as little as 

 possible. 



LOF-EABED BABBIT. 



Perfect lops are so rare that a breeder possessing twenty of 

 the handsomest and most perfect does would consider himself 

 lucky if, in the course of a year, he managed to raise twelve 

 full-lopped rabbits out of them all. 



The "dewlop" is a consideration of vast importance with 

 rabbit-fanciers. This is, as the reader is doubtiessly aware, a 

 bulky sort of appendage pendant beneath the chin. The 

 thicker the dewlop grows the more is it admired ; indeed, when 

 the animal is lying on all fours, asleep, it should support her 

 head like a cushion. The dewlop does not attain its full size 

 till some time after the animal has otherwise ceased to grow. 



Colour is another important feature. As regards variety 

 and purity of colour, an experienced breeder says : — 



" The flir of fancy -rabbits may be blue, or rather lead-colour, 

 and white, or black and white, or tawny and white, that is, 

 tortoiseshell-coloured. But it is not of so much importance 



