FELIS. 61 
States, where it is known as the “Leopard-Cat” by the Texan trappers”. In Costa 
Rica, where it is called Manigordo (literally, fat paws), Dr. v. Frantzius says that, in 
spite of its smaller size, it is as much dreaded as the Jaguar *. Captain Dampier seems 
‘to have had an equal respect for the “Tigre-Cat,” which he thus describes in his 
“Voyages to Campeachy’ :— 
“The Tigre-Cat is about the Bigness of aBull-Dog, with short Legs, and a truss Body 
shaped much like a Mastiff, but in all things else, (vzz.) its Head, the colour of its 
Hair, and the manner of its Preying, much resembling the Tigre, only somewhat less. 
Here are great numbers of them. They prey on young Calves or other Game; whereof 
there is plenty. And because they do not want Food, they are the less to be feared. 
But I have wisht them farther off, when I have met them in the Woods; because their 
Aspect appears so very stately and fierce ”.* 
Though skins of both the Ocelot and: the Margay may often be purchased in the 
villages of Guatemala, little is seen or heard of them by travellers passing through 
the country. Messrs. Godman and Salvin remark that the distribution of the two 
species would seem confined to the heavily-timbered districts, especially those of the 
low-lying and hotter parts of the country. 
3. Felis tigrina. 
Felis tigrina, Erxleben, Syst. Reg. An. p. 517 (1777, descr. orig.)'; Frantzius, Arch. f. Nat. xxxv. 
1, p. 2807; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 704°. 
Felis mitis, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. (livr. 18), 1. pl. 137 (1820, descr. orig.)*; Tomes, P.Z.S. 
1861, p. 280°; Frantzius, Arch. f. Naturg. xxxv. 1, p. 281°. 
Felis macrura, Max. zu Wied, Beitr. Nat. Bras. ‘. p. 371 (1826, descr. orig.) ”. 
Felis mexicana, de Saussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1860, p. 1 (descr. orig., nec Desmarest) *. 
Cauzel of Costa-Ricans *. ‘ 
Hab. Muxico, Alvarado (de Saussure’); GuateMaLa, La Grande, Duefas (Salvin, Mus. 
Brit.) ; British Honpuras, Belize (Mus. Brit.); Costa Rica (frantzius?°); Panama, 
Calovevora (Arcé, Mus. Brit.).—Sourn America to Paraguay. 
Three species of Margays or American Tiger-Cats have been usually recognized by 
zoologists, and have been characterized by differences in coloration and in relative 
length of tail. Mr. D. G. Elliot, however, has expressed his conviction that these 
differences are quite inconstant ; and, after carefully examining the fine series of speci- 
mens in the British and Paris Museums in his company, I fully agree in his conclu- 
sions. Details of comparison are given at length in Mr. Elliot’s paper? ; and it will be 
enough here to say that we were quite unable to find any definite character by which 
Felis tigrina, F. mitis, and F. macrura could be separated. There seems to me to be 
* Dampier’s Voyages, ii. p. 62. 
