465 



3 6, 9. luvermoriston, Inverness- A. H. Cocks (p). 4. 1. 25. 2-5. 

 shire. (4. 1. 25. B. Type of subspecies.) 



6 St. Invermoriston, Inverness- Hon. N. C. Roths- 1. 5. 22. 4. 

 shire. child (p). 



1. Beauly, Inverness-shire. Lord Tweedmouth 5. 10. 12. 1. 



(P)- 



2 6. Knoydart, Inverness-shire. Sir Herbert Maxwell 98. 12. 2G. 1. 



(p). 99. 2. 9. 1. 



1. Arisaig, Inverness-shire. Dr. E. Hamilton (p). 2. 6. 3. 4. 



?. Braulin Forest, Inverness- G. W. Henderson (p). 6.12.18.1. 



shire, 



st. Balmachan, Inverness-shire. J. E. Harting (p). 83. 11. 13. 1. 



St. Jardine House, Dumfries. Sir W. Jardine (p). 8G. 7. 2. 13. 



1. Scotland. 114b. 



Felis silvestkis taetessia Miller. 



1907. Felis tartessia Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., xx, p. 397, 



November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Felis tartessia Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 99. 



Type locality. — Goto Donana, Huelva, Spain. 



Geographical distribution. — Southern Spain ; limits of distri- 

 bution not known. 



Diagnosis. — Like Felis silvestris silvestris but larger and with 

 disproportionately larger teeth. Colour darker, and black 

 markings essentially as in F. silvestris grampia. 



Colour. — The colour is noticeably darker than in Felis 

 silvestris silvestris, rather nearly approaching that of F. s. grampia 

 but less brownish. Underfur more slaty at base than in the 

 related forms, about the grey No. 6 of Ridgway, its terminal 

 portion a dull cream-buff. Pale annulations on longer hairs 

 nearly as whitish as in F. silvestris silvestris. Inner surface of 

 hind legs a light ochraceous-buff ; rest of underparts as in 

 F. s. grampia. Dark markings well defined, their arrangement 

 and extent as in the British wild cat. 



Skull. — In fully adult males the skull is very large, apparently 

 exceeding that of any of the other members of the group. Its 

 form, however, is not peculiar. 



Teeth. — The teeth of the Spanish wild cat are noticeably 

 larger than those of any of the other members of the Felis 

 silvestris group, or of the domestic cats. The difference is 

 particulai'ly evident in the premolars both above and below and 

 in the lower molar (see measurements, p. 467). In form, how- 

 ever, the teeth show no peculiarities. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) from well-made skin : 

 head and body, 650 ; tail, 350 ; hind foot, 133. For cranial and 

 dental measurements see Tables, pp. 466 and 469. 



Specimens examined. — Eight, from the following localities in southern 

 Spain : Sierra INIorena, 1 ; Goto Douana, Huelva, 5 ; Andalucia (no exact 

 locality), 2 (skulls). 



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