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of Schreber's plate (q. v.) this seems a fair inference. Schreber, how- 

 ever, quotes Pennant, as above. Marcgrave's description reads: "It 

 has short glossy hair, black, mixed with brown and its coat is variegated 

 with black spots, with various figures as in the other," i. e., the Jaguar, 

 first described. Marcgrave's figure (not lettered or numbered) opposite 

 the above quotation is evidently intended for his "Cuguacuarana," 

 (F. concolor Linn.) next described on the same page. How Pennant 

 confounded his "Black Tiger," with the Jaguarete of Marcgrave is a 

 problem. 



Schreber correctly puts the Jaguarete as a questionable synonym of 

 the Black Tiger (F. discolor Schreb.) of Pennant. These names, as 

 originally used by Marcgrave and Pennant, refer to different species, the 

 first to a spotted cat resembling the Jaguar, the latter to a Felis resem- 

 bling the Puma. 



The present confusion was probably due to Pennant supposing Marc- 

 grave's figure of the "Cuguacuarana" to apply to his description of the 

 "Jaguarete," which the printer has incorrectly placed opposite the 

 former species. 



The same confusion has resulted in the use of the name Felis nigra 

 (Erxl., Syst. Reg. Aniin., 1777, 512.) which may apply to both the Puma 

 and the black variety of the Jaguar. There is some probabilty that the 

 spotted young of the Puma has had something to do with the confusion 

 in this case. 



"Brasilian Tiger Felis oncer. "=Jaguar, Felis onca Linn. The term 

 Brasilian Tiger is original with Pennant. 



"Mountain Lynx Felis montana." is based on the "Mountain Cat" of 

 Pennant, (Syn. Quad. 1771, 185) and is apparently the same as his "Bay 

 Cat," (ibid. p. 188, pi. xix, i), which is the Felis tuffa Guldenstaedt, 

 (Nov. Com. Petr., 1776, 499.). "'Montana 1 '' was first legitimately applied 

 to it by Turton, (Syst. Nat. 1802, 50.) not by "Desmarest, 1820" as given 

 by Elliot. LeConte (Proc. Acad. N. Sci., Phila., 1854, 9.) thinks Pen- 

 nat's "Bay Cat" is not Lynx rufus (Guld.) but a "lost" species, and 

 that the name of Ray, (Syn. Meth. Anim., "1713" p. 169), Catus mon- 

 tanus, should stand; an arrangement, of course, not to be thought of. 



"Common Lynx Felis ///wr."=European Red Lynx, Felis lynx Linn. 

 Turton includes America in the habitat of this species. Ord's reference^ 

 of course, is to the Canada Lynx, Lynx canadensis (Desm.) Raf. 



"Mexican Cat Felis parda //s."=Ocelot, of same name.=felis pardalis 

 Linn., Syst. Nat., 1758, 42. 



"Mexican Tiger Cat Felis Mexicana." Copied from Turton. Whence 

 the latter takes it, or to what species it applies is difficult to determine, 

 but the brief description seems only applicable to one of the color 

 variations of pardalis. The name appears original with Turton and 

 precedes the F. mexicana of Desmarest, Saussere, etc. 



