464 CARNIVORA 



Felis siLVESTRis GRA5IPIA Miller. 



1907. Felis grampia Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, p. 396, 



November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Felis grampia Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 99. 



Type locality. — Invermori.ston district, Inverness, Scotland. 



Geographical distributioH. — Formerly throughout Great Britain; 

 now restricted to the wilder portions of Scotland. 



Diagnosis. — Like Felis silvestris silvestris but general colour 

 darker, the predominant hue approaching the broccoli-brown of 

 Ridgway ; dark markings on sides and legs tending to be 

 extensive, blackish and well defined. 



Colour. — TJnderfur of back and sides a light ochraceous-bufF, 

 the basal half of the hairs mouse-grey. Light annuiations of 

 longer hairs very nearly the cream-ljuff of Ridgway. Black tips 

 to longer hairs more noticeable than in Felis silvestris, and general 

 effect of ground colour distinctly browner, the light colour not 

 producing any frosted appearance. Upper side of feet and 

 inner surface of hind legs ochraceous-bufF, becoming duller and 

 somewhat drab-tinged on under side of body. Intercrural and 

 pectoral white areas well defined and strongly contrasted with 

 surrounding colour. Black mottling on middle of chest con- 

 spicuous. Soles and palms l)lackish. Dark markings on tail, legs 

 and upper parts similar to those of Felis silvestris in arrangement, 

 but more definite in outline, particularly the transverse stripes 

 on outer side of forelegs and those on posterior half of body. 



Shull and teeth. — The skull and teeth are not distinguishable 

 from those of typical Felis silvestris. 



Measurements. — Type (young-adult male) : head and body, 

 534 ; tail, 338 ; hind foot, 127 ; ear, 67. Young-adult male and 

 female from the type locality : head and body, 534 and 534 ; tail, 

 280 and 290; hind foot, 126 and 123; ear from meatus, 67 

 and 68. 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-two, from the following localities in Scot- 

 land : Glencassley, Sutherland, 2 ; Lochcarron, Ross, 2 ; Aberdeenshire, 1 ; 

 Invermoriston district, Inverness, 5 ; Beauly, Inverness, 1 ; Fort William, 

 Inverness, 2 ; Kuoydart, Inverness-shire, 2 ; Arisaig, Inverness-shire, 1 ; 

 Braulea Forest, Inverness-shire, 1 ; Balmachan, Inverness-shire, 1 ; Jardine 

 House, Dumfriesshire, 1 ; Inverness (no exact locality), 1 ; Scotland (no 

 exact locality), 2. 



Remarhs. — The British wild cat diff"ers from true Felis 

 silvestris in darker general colour and more pronounced black 

 markings, characters in which it approaches F. s. tartessia. It 

 does not show, however, any tendency to the enlargement of 

 teeth .so noticeable in the south-Spanish form. 



skull. Glencassley, Sutherland- E. R. Alston (p). 79. 9. 25. 81. 



shire, Scotland. 

 i. Glencassley, Sutherland- ilrs. Flower (p). 92. 10. 21. 1, 



shire. 



