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Europe from northern .Spain to northern Germany, and from 

 the Atlantic coast eastward at least to the Black Sea ; eastern 

 limits of i-ange not known. 



Characters. — Teeth not unusually large (combined length of 

 upper carnassial and pm^ 16 '6 to 19 mm.; three lower cheek- 

 teeth together, 18 "S to 22 ram. ; lower molar, 8"0 to 8 -8 mm.) ; 

 general colour light, the predominant hue approaching the smoke- 

 grey of Ridgway ; dark markings on sides and legs tending to be 

 faint, brownish and ill-defined. 



Measurements. — Adult male from northern Germany : head 

 and body, 545; tail, 310; hind foot, 135; ear from meatus, 63. 

 A specimen (not sexed) from Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Germany : 

 head and body, 481; tail, 309; hind foot, 119. Adult from 

 near Athens, Greece : hind foot, 127. For cranial measurements 

 see Table, p. 466. 



Specimens examined. — Fifteen, from the following localities : — 



Spain : Province of Burgos, 3 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.). 



Pbance : Manonville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 1 ; Salavon, Haute-lMarne, 1 ; 

 Caterille, Haute-Garonue, 1. 



Germany : North Germany (no exact locality), 1 ; Ingelheim, Rhein- 

 hessen, 1 ; south Germany (no exact locality), 3 (skulls). 



AuSTRiA-HuNGAEY : Baranza, Hungary, 1 (skull). 



Bulgaria : Varna, 1 (Andersen, skull). 



Greece: Near Athens, 1. 



Italy : Near Rome, 2. 



Hematics. — The wild cat of central Europe shows little 

 individual variation in colour, or in pattern and character of 

 markings. The two skins from Rome and that from Athens 

 appear to be identical with more northern specimens. In the 

 skull from Varna, Bulgaria, the nasals are not narrowed as in 

 the form occurring in Asia Minor and the Caucasus. 



2. Prov. Burgos, Spain. S. and N. Gonzalez 8.7.7.10-11. 



(c). 

 i. Manonville, Meurthe-ct- Dr. E. Hamilton 95. 11. 9. 1. 



Moselle, France. (Lomoiit.) (p). 

 6. Salavon, Haute - Marne. Dr. E. Hamilton 95. 11. 9. 2. 



(Lomont.) (p). 



6. Caterille, Haute-Garonne. O. Thomas (p). 8. 7. 15. 1. 



(.4. Robert.) 

 6. N. Germany. Lord Lilford (p). 95. 5. 1. 1. 



3 skulls. S. Germany. Dr. A.Giinther (c). 59. 9. 6. 55-57. 



1. Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, G. Barrett-Hamil- 11. 1. 2. 104. 



Germany. (Erlanger.) ton (p). 



6. Baranza, Hungary. Dr. E. Hamilton 2. 6. 3. 1. 



(p). 

 1. Athens, Greece. 0. W. L. Merlin 47. 7. 22. 2. 



