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The whole of the upper parts of the animal (except the ears, the 

 tip of the tail, and the marks on the face,) are of a uniform deep 

 rich brown-red or bay ; the ears and tip of the tail above are black ; 

 and the marking on the face pale buff, edged with black. The 

 under surface is generally of the same colour with the upper, but 

 considerably paler 5 the neck alone being nearly as dark below as 

 above. The insides of the fore-limbs are paler than those of the 

 hinder, being whitish buff, and are, moreover, marked with several 

 transverse dusky bars : the paws are dusky, freckled with grey: the 

 upper lip pale buff with three parallel rows of black dots : the 

 moustaches black at the base and whitish buff at the tip : the lower 

 lip and chin white, as is also the inferior surface of the tip of the 

 tail : the insides of the ears are of the same colour with the under 

 surface generally, but paler, or buff. 



The markings on the face which form so conspicuous a charac- 

 teristic of the animal were particularly described. There are three 

 principal marks on each side of the head -, one above the eye and 

 two behind the gape. Their general form is linear, and their ge- 

 neral direction longitudinal ; but the lines are not regular, neither 

 is their direction strictly lengthwise, the two proceeding from be- 

 hind the gape almost to the angle of the jaw, though in general 

 nearly parallel to each other, tending to approximate behind j and 

 the one above either eye being rather arched above the middle of 

 the orbit. From the latter lines, too, two shorter lines are given off 

 obliquely as they approach the openings of the ears. The middle 

 and larger portion of all these marks is whitish buff'; the marginal 

 portion surrounding them entirely is black. 



The eyes are of a freckled greenish hue like those of the domestic 

 Cat, and below them is a dash of whitish buff. The nose is fleshy 

 white. The nails are black. 



The dimensions are as follow : 



ft. in. 

 Length of the body from the tip of the nose to the in- 

 sertion of the tail 2 *l\ 



Length of the head 65 



from the nape to the eyes 4 J 



eyes to the snout. 2| 



of the tail 1 7 



fore-leg to the line of the belly Oil 



hinder ditto ditto 1 \\ 



Height at the shoulder 1 5 



Length of the ears 2£ 



The only specimen of this species which Mr. Hodgson has been 

 able to procure was a fine mature male sent to him alive, about two 

 years back, by the Prime Minister of Nepal : it was accompanied 

 by an intimation that the animal presented to him was the first of 

 the kind ever taken, the people of the country having been by its 

 capture first apprised of its existence in Nepal. It was caught in a 

 tree by some hunters in the midst of an exceedingly dense forest, 



