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CAT
Plate I.
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| Fig. 1.—SKINS OF THE BLOTCHED DOMESTIC CAT, SHOWING SOME OF THE VARIATIONS TO WHICH THE PATTERN IS LIABLE. (Cf. Fig. 5 on Plate II.) |
Fig. 2.—SKINS OF THE STRIPED DOMESTIC CAT, GIVING THE “TICKED” BREED AND A PARTIALLY ALBINO SPECIMEN. (Cf. Fig. 4 on Plate II.) |
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| Fig. 3.—SKINS OF THE EUROPEAN WILD CAT, FROM ROSS-SHIRE, SCOTLAND. (Cf. Fig. 1 on Plate II.) | |
Note—Of the two types of colouration found in modern domestic cats, the striped type obviously corresponds to the original wild cat as seen in various parts of North Europe to-day. The origin of the blotched as a special type is wholly unknown.
(Photos from Plates VIII., IX., and X., P.Z.S., 1907, by permission of the Zoological Society of London.)
