CONTENTS, 



PAGE 



List of Illustrations ix 



Literature xi 



Introduction xvii 



Ancestral Descent of the Wild Cat 6 



Description 37 



Etymology of the word " Cat " 3 



Figures of Cats on Etruscan vases 83 



,, ,, at Tarentum 82 



Form of Skull of Domestic Cat 54 



„ Mongrel Cat 57 



„ Mummy (African) Cat ... 55 



Wild Cat 50-51 



the Nasal Bones 59 



the Teeth of the Upper Jaw .... 60 



Geographical Distribution 4 



Gestation Period of the Wild and Domestic Cat. 74 

 Huxley, Professor, on the term Hybrid . . .80 



Interbreeding of the Wild and Domestic Cat . 86 



