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ische Katze of Miiller),* the Brown Tiger of Pennant, and the Keel 

 Tiger (Tigre Rouge of Barrere).t 



As already stared, the Puma is called the liou (Leon) by Spanish- 

 Americans, while the Jaguar is styled the tiger (Tigre). Early Spanish 

 writers, however, did not always distinguish between the two, aud some- 

 times mentioned the Puma under the name of Tiger, or used the name 

 in some modified form, as red tiger, etc.! Molina states that it is called 

 Pagi in Chili,§ and according to Clavigero, it was known to the Mex- 

 icans as Mitzli.W 



The Puma is the Felis concolor of Linnaeus.^ This name has been 

 adopted by subsequent authors, almost without exception. Schreber, 

 however, has two figures of the species in his work on mammals, one of 

 which is styled Felis discolor** 



Molina, in 1782, gave it the name of Felis puma,W and Lesson, that of 

 Felis unicolor. \% 



* Miiller, Linu., Natursyst. 



tNouvelle Relation tie la France Equiuoxiale, p. 166. 



See also Pennant, Synopsis of Quadrupeds, German ed. by Bechstein, 1799, p. 299 

 (der rothe Tiger); Hall, Vierfiiss., p. 533 (der grosse americanishe Tiger); Aless, 

 Quadra., i, pi. 17 (Tigre rossa). 



A note in the Encyclopedia Metropolitaua (xix, 1845, 62) states of the Puma: "It 

 is sometimes called the Poltroon Tiger." Desmarest (Mauimalogie, 1820, p. 218) also 

 cites this name (Tigre Poltron), but I do not know its origin. 



X See the last foot-note ; also, Du Pratz, Hist, do la Louisiaue, n, 1758, p. 91 (Tigre). 



The Germans and the Scandinavians have adopted Buffon's name Couguar, spelled 

 Kuguar. 



§ Saggio Storia Nat. del Chili, 1782, pp. 295, 296. 



|| History of Mexico, Cullen's trans., 1807, i, p. 37; n, p. 319. 



I have made no especial attempt to trace out the native North American names of 

 the Puma, but may mention that Kenuerly gives the following native uames: Chim- 

 bica (Cochimis of L. California); Yutin (Apache). Dr. Gatschet, however, does not 

 find the latter word in the Apache language, but in Pinal Apache the name is nto-i= 

 tcho or niiii-tchii. Tcho or tchn means great. Prince Maximilian zu Wied gives 

 the following (the spelling is German): Mischipischit (Ojibway), Ingronga (Osage), 

 Ingronga sindd (Omaha), Schunta-HascMa (Mandan) [_'' The long tail"], Ihtupdh-achati 

 (Minnitari). (Reise in Nord Amerika, p. 99.) 



U Linu., Mantissa Plantarnra, 1771, p. 522. (Fide Flower. There is no copy of 

 this book in Washington.) 



** Schreber's Saugethiere, Plate civ, B. 



ft Molina, Saggio Storia Nat. del Chili, 1782, p. 295. 



tj Lesson, Manuel de Mammalogie, 1827, p. 190. (Fide Eliot 1 



