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ZOOLOGY. 



Felix unicolor, LESS., Man. Miimm., 1827, p. 190, sp. 503. 



Punthcra concolor, FITZIN., Sitzg. Akad. Wiss. Wien, ISC!), lix, 029. 



Pnntliera concolor niger, FITZIN., Sitzg. Akatl. Wiss. Wien, ISO!), lix, 034. 



Puma concolor. J. E. GRAY, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, p. . 



Gouazoura, AZARA, Nat. Hist. Paraguay, i, 133. 



Le Coitgouar, Cuv. & ST. HIL., Hist, cles Mammif., ii, 1819, p. . 



Specimens. 



This species, the second in size of the North American cats, is tolera- 

 bly common in the mountains of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, as 

 observed by different members of the expedition. It ranges from 50 or 

 60 north latitude to the most southern part of the South American continent. 



In certain localities in New Mexico and Arizona, it wages a terrible 

 warfare upon wild turkeys, destroying hundreds of them, and depopulating 

 their former breeding places to such an extent that in a few years the race 

 will have become almost extinct in this region, if measures are not taken 

 to prevent the wholesale slaughter. 



The crania and skins of two fine specimens were secured on the south- 

 ern slope of the Triplet Mountains, near the Gila Valley, close to the San 

 Carlos Indian reservation in Arizona. 



A large species of cat was frequently heard during the night howling 

 near the camps in Eastern and Middle Utah, supposed to be the above; but 

 no specimens were secured. The inhabitants of the surrounding country 

 state that they are not numerous. 



The following measurements were taken from a full-sized female, in 

 the flesh, and indicate a fair average : 



From nose to end of tail 82.00 inches. 



Head, over the frontal curve 9.50 inches. 



Head and body, to root of tail 50.00 inches. 



Tail 32.00 inches. 



Stature at shoulders 29.00 inches. 



Fore leg and foot, from elbow 15.50 inches. 



Sole of hind foot : 11.00 inches. 



Close girth of chest 27.00 inches. 



Weight, after evisceration, 82 pounds; probably 100 pounds gross. 



