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28. Pelis wagati. (The Wagati.) B.M. 



Fur fulvous ; nose, chin, throat, and underside of body, and 

 streak on forehead and cheek, pale j-ellow. Spots of body few, large, 

 irregular-shaped ; of withers large, elongate, broad ; of loins elon- 

 gate, narrow, more or less confluent. TaU with round spots. 

 Fells wagati, Elliot (fide Blyth) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 400. 



Hab. India. 



Differs from F. pardochroa and F. minuta in the large size of the 

 spots. 



tttttt Clouded or marhled African Cats. Orbits of skull very larye. 

 29. Fells caligata. B.M. 



Lynx, Bruce, Voy. viii. no. .30. 



" Felis caligata, Bruce,'" Teinin. Monoqr. p. 123 ; I. OenW. Jacq. J'oy. 



t. ?,. f. 1, -2 (skull). 

 ? Felis libj'cus, Olivier, Voy. p. 41. 



Felis cattra, Desm. Suppl. p. 540, 1822 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 273. 

 Felis nigripes, Burchelt, Travels, 1822 ; Blainv. Osteoyr. f. 6. 

 Felis maniculata, Riippell, Zool. Atlas, i. t. 19 (pale variety ) ; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 ??Chat aux oreiUes rouges ou Chat bott^ (F. caligata), F. Cuvier, 



Mamm. Lithoyr. t. (pale variety). 

 Felis pulchella, Gray, Mag. N. H. (very pale variety). 

 Felis chaus, Ruppell, Atlas, i. t. 140. 

 ? Chaus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 

 Felis obscm'a, Desm. Mamm. p. 250 (black variety). 

 The " Chat noir du Cap," F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr., and F. caligata, 



/3, Fischer, Synopsis, p. 208 (from F. Cttrier's figure), is only a 



niulanisui. 

 Felis dongolensis, Hemp. 

 Felis lUippclli, Brandt. 

 Felis marginata, Loch, Rev. Zool. 1858. 



Hab. Africa, North, South, Central, and East. 



V(ir. Hybrid with F. domestica. 



Skull of Felis fdffra 4 inches 5 lines long, 3 inches 2 lines wide. 

 Orbits subquadrangidar, li inch high, incomplete behind. 



Skidl of Felis manicuhita Sg inches long, 2^ inches -n-ide. Face 

 short, broad ; orbits large, rather oblong, nearlj- complete behind. 



This species varies from pale fulvous to grey, which is the Felis 

 maninilata of Riippell (Zool. Atlas, i. t. 140). There are several 

 specimens of this species in the British Museum. The largest and 

 darkest, being grey with darker bands, is a specimen from Tangiers, 

 received from M. Terreaux, the body and head 24, and the tail 

 14 inches long ; the darker bands are very indistinct. There is a 

 second example, not quite so large, with bands darker, that lived 

 s 'veral years in the Zoological Gardens, and was sent from Tunis by 

 Sir Thomas Eeade — and a smaller one, similar in colour, also from 

 the Zoological Gardens, but without any special habitat attached, 

 and a dark grey kitten from Kordofan. 



Two other specimens are pale yellowish, slightly grizzled, with the 



