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there is an area over which the hairs are exceedirigiy short and 

 rathei ochraceous, thus giving to the face a spectacled appearance. 

 In the Fiikien examples the white bands extending from the mouth 

 over the shoulders are very distinct. These are less well marked in 

 the Ningpo specimen, and it is appreciably darker above. This race 

 is accepted tentatively but is open to considerable question. 



Family FELIDAE 



Genus FELIS Linnaeus 

 FELIS PARDUS FONTANIERII Milne-Edwards 



Felis fontanierii Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., vol. 8, 1867, p. 375 

 (Peking, ChiWi, China). 



Specimens. — Three: Taiyuanfu, Shansi, 1; Minchow, Kansu, 1; 

 and Yochow, Hunan, 1 skull only. 



The Kansu specimen is fine and very large, while the pelt from 

 Shansi is much smaller and probably immature. The latter gives 

 an appearance of being considerably paler, chiefly because the borders 

 of the rosettes are not continuous in outline while those of the other 

 are. 



FELIS UNCIA Schrcber 



Felis uncki Schreber, Saug., vol 3, 1778, p. 386, pi. 100. 



A fine native skin without skull was purchased by Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. The locality was said to be Tibet. It is probably in spring 

 pelage as although this is full, it is somewhat worn. The coloration 

 tends toward ochraceous more than seems to be usual in this animal. 



FELIS NEBULOSA Griffith 



Felis nebulosa Griffith, Descript. Vert., 1821, p. 37. 



Specimen. — One skin only, from Kachek, Hainan. 



This flat hunter's skin, somewhat torn and with part of the tail 

 missing, is the first clouded leopard reported from Hainan since 

 1870 (Swinhoe) and is of the paler, ochraceous type. The material 

 is not available to judge of the degree of resemblance of this example 

 to typical nehulosa. 



FELIS TRISTIS Milne-Edwards 



Felis tristis Milne-Edwards, Recli. Mamm., 1871, p. 223 (China). 



A beautiful hunter's skin without skull of this exceedingly rare 

 cat was bought by T>. C. Graham at Tatsienlu, Szechwan. One 

 can not tell the degree to which the skin has been stretched during 

 tanning, but this specimen, especially the tail, seems to be definitely 

 larger than what is .supposed to be true tristh. It will be referable 

 to semenovi if this be really distinct from trlsfis, but the type locality 



