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black, with a small pure-white tip. The stripes on the loins are 

 straight and parallel, not subspiral as in the Tabby Cats. The 

 check-streaks are black, the lower one indistinct and interrupted. 

 The toes are white. 



32. FeUs manul. B.M. 



Felis mauul, Pallas ; Gray, F. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 Felis nigripectus, Hodgson. 



Hah. Tibet. 



Pupil linear, erect. — Hodcfson. SkuU not observed. 



The Manul (Felis manul of Pallas) was regarded as a new species 

 by Mr. Hodgson under the name of Felis nirjropectus, and is beauti- 

 fully illustrated in the drawing of his Nepalese animal in the British 

 Museum. In the British Museum also is a fine specimen of this 

 Cat, presented by Mr. Hodgson, under the latter name. It has 

 many characters in common with the other wild species of the re- 

 stricted genus Felis ; but it is at once known by its very long, soft 

 hair, the pale whitish colour only varied by a slight black wash on 

 the upper part of the legs and the black on the chest. Fischer, who 

 only worked from books^ considers it a variety of FeJis domestica ; 

 but it is a very distinct and well-mai'ked species. 



tttttttt Etiropean Clouded Cats. 



33. Felis catus. B.M. 



Felis catus, Linn. ; Grag, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 Chat sauvage, Biiffon, If. N. vi. t. 1 ; Blasiits, W. E. p. 1G.3. f. 102, 

 103 (skull) ; Blainv. Osteogr. t. 10 (skuU). 



Hah. Europe. 



Tail veiy thick. 



SkuU, length 3|, width 2| inches. Orbits nearly complete, 1 inch 

 in diameter. 



The Wild Cat of Europe {Felis catus) is distinct from the African 

 and Asiatic species of the restricted genus Felis in the British Mu- 

 seum. It is at once known by its thick cylindrical truncated tail ; 

 but it is so well known, and has been so often described, that I need 

 not add any further observations respecting it. It is said that it 

 breeds with the Domestic Cat, and -that the skull of the hybrid, as 

 well as the coloration of the fur, is more or less modified by the in- 

 terbreeding. 



34. Fella megalotis. 

 Felis megalotis, Miiller ; Gray. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 Hah. Timor. Not seen by me. 



11. CHAUS. 



Tail shorter than the body, reaching to the hocks. Ears pencilled 

 at the tip. Pupil oblong, erect. Skull — face short : forehead of 



