MAMMALIA. -^73 



F. uxDAiA, Desnuiivst. 



Thyt-khyoung, Arakan. The Icopaid-cat. 



Colour and mai'ldnss variable. Ground colour from fulvous {jniy to hri^lit 

 tawny-ycllow, rarely j;rceuish-ash or bro\vnish-p;roy. Lower parts wliite. Four 

 spots on the forehead, and behind them two linos to the root of the tail, with a broader 

 one on either side in IVoiit of tlie shoulders, liaek and sides lonjiitudinally sjiottc^d. 

 Two narrow lines above the ujjjjer lip. A transverse baud ou the throat, and the tail 

 spotted, and ringed towards the fij). 



llead anil body 21 to 20; tail 11 or 12 inrlies. 



This is a. very sava^o species, and quite uiitameable, according to both BIyth and 

 Jerdou. It appears to take to the water readily. 



F. AunATA, Teni. 



F. 2[oormen!iiii, Hodp;. 



F. 'TemmimJni, Vigors (young). 



Colour above deep ba_y-red, ])iiler beueafh ami on the sides. Throat sometimes 

 indistinctly spotted. Ears internally, and tiji of tail black. 



Head and body 31 ; tail 19 inches. 



Blyth does not include this s])ecies in his list of Burmese mammals, hut Dr. 

 Jfason writes : "There is an aninral of the tiger tribe called the 'fire-tiger,' from 

 the colour of its skin, which is of an uniform red." Dr. Mason was inclined to 

 refer it to F. Chattx. but the ' CIkihk' is not red. A caged specimen I once saw 

 in ilaulmain was a unif irm red, and unap]u-uachably savage. 



P. JiAiiMouATA, Martin. 



The marbled tigei--cat. 



Coloiir dingy fulvous or yellowish-grey, with numerous wavy bhuk spots, clouded 

 or marbled. Some blackish lines on the head and nape, coalescing into a dorsal 

 interrupted band. Thighs, sides, and tail black-spotted. Tail tip black. Belly 

 jellowish-whitc. 



Head and body 181 to 23; tail 14 to 15.^ inches. 



This .species is not included by Blyth in his list of Burmese mammals, but 

 Jerdon says it is found iu the hilly regiims of "Assam, Burma, and Malayaua, 

 cxtentling into the Island of Java, at all events." 



r. CHAUS, Guldiinstadt. 

 The common wild cat. 



Colour yellowi.sh-grey, dark and unspotted, inclining to rufous on the sides of 

 the neck and belly. Below white. A dark strijjo from eye to uuizzle. Ears slightly 

 tufted, rufous black externally, white within. Limbs with two or three dark stripes. 

 Tail annulated with black. 



Head anil body 26; tail 9 or 10 inches. 



Inhabits India, r;inging into Arakan, though how far south is not clearly 

 ascertained. Dr. Mason does not seem to have met with this species in Tcnasscrim, 

 though it not improbably occurs in the Irrawaddy Valley. 



A curious habit may here be noticed which all ' tom ' cats have of discharging 

 their urine backwards, and to a considerable height. This may be noticed in the case 

 of domestic cats, who sometiuKKs salute our walls and furniture after this fashion. 

 I was once myself standing in front of the tiger's cage at Barackpore, in company 

 with some ladies, when, on a sudden, the In^ast turned round and discharged a powerful 

 j<'t of urine between the bars, which passed between the shoulders, luckily, of two of 

 the party, and it was the merest accident that one of them did not receive the same 

 in her face. I mention this circumstance, to put others on their guard against 

 a similar accident happening to them. 



