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spects, quite erroneous. That it can be fairly well tamed, 

 especially when taken young, there can be no question. It 

 has a purr very similar to the domestic cat, but not nearly so 

 loud in proportion to the size of the animal. It never spits 

 and "gets its back up," as does the house cat. Its cr^^ of 

 hunger, of suffering, or for companionship, has no resem- 

 blance to the noises made by the last-named animal. Except 

 when mad, it utters but one sound, which is not loud, and re- 

 sembles somewhat the croak of a small frog. The growl, 

 when mad, or when disturbed while taking its meal, is loud 

 and frightful. It is a real tiger growl, having but little or no 

 resemblance to that of the house cat. This cat, of which I 

 have been speaking, was wakeful, and generally on the move 

 during the day time. It slept, as a rule, during the night. 

 Probably this is not the habit of the wild cat in its wild state. 

 In sending this animal to Mr. Dury for mounting, I called 

 it the Texas wild cat, simply because it was captured in Texas. 

 As to whether there is a cat entitled to this designation, I do 

 not know. I know comparatively little about the wild cats of 

 America. Many years ago I saw one that was captured in the 

 west part of Marion County, Ohio, that was quite different, 

 in several respects, from the one that has formed the subject 

 of this paper. 



Note.— This "Wild Cat," Lynx rii/iis (Raf., is the southern form of the animal. 

 It has been mounted, and is now in the Society's collection.— Charles Dcry. 



