226 MAMMALIA. 



The Rusty Spotted Cat ; Namali pilli or Verewa puni, Tamil ; 

 CooUa-deeva, Cingalese. 



Distribution.— 'M.d.dxTiS coasts, hills of Southern India, Ceylon 

 (Kelaart), and perhaps Central India, Seonee (Sterndale). 



a. Skin, skull 9 Zoological Gardens. 



b. Skin, skull $ Zoological Gargens. 



c. Stuffed,skele- Zoological Gardens. 



ton $ 



^ Skin Ceylon Colombo Museum, 1887. 



e. Skin $ Bangalore Museum Coll. (Jaffa). 



Felis manul. 



Felis manul, Pallas Reise, iii, p. 692 (1776)* ; Brandt Bull. Acad. SI. Petersb. 

 ix, 1841, p. 37*; Blyth P. Z.S., 1863, p. 185 ; Elliot Monog. Felidce, no. 9 _ 

 Bl anf or d Mammals, p. 83; Radde Zool. J. B., iv, p. 1013. 



Felis nigripectus, Hodgson J. A. S. B., xi, p. 276, with plate (1842). 



Pallas' Cat. 



Distribution. — Central Asia generally from Mongolia and Thibet 

 to the Transcaspian region, extending to within the Indian 

 Empire at Ladak. 



[No specimen in the Indian Museum.] 



Felis ornata. 



Felis ornata, Gray Illustr. Ind. Zool., i, pi. ii (1830); Blyth Cat. no. 184, 

 p. 63; Elliot Monog. Felidce no 31 ; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 29 ; Thomas 

 P.Z. S., 1886, p. 55 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 84. 



Felis servalina, Jardine Nat. Libr. Mamm., ii, p. 232, pi. xxv (1837). 



Chaus pulchellus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 45 (1843). 



Chaus servalinus, id. ibid. 



Felis torquata, apud Blyth P. Z. S., p. 185 (1863); Jerdon Mamm., p. 

 no; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 193. 



Chaus ornatus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 275 (1867). 



Distribution. — The dry rocky countries of North-West India, 

 from Banda, North-Western Provinces (Cockburn), thence west- 

 ward through Agra, Sambhar (Thomas), to Sind where common 

 (Murray). 



This species and the next three, i.e., F. shawiana, F. chaus 

 and F. caudata, all appear to be very nearly allied forms, all 

 four have a slight pencil of hairs on their ears ; F. chaus can be 

 distinguished at once by its black pencil, its pepper-and-salt colour 

 with no trace of lines or spots on the body ; F. caudata is very 

 indistinctly spotted, but has a very long tail, twice the length of 

 that of F. chaus ; F. ornata and shawiana seem to resemble each 

 other in every respect; Blanford (Yarkand Mammals, p. 19) dis- 

 tinguishes F. shawiana from F. ornata by (i) its shorter tail, (2) 

 its more rufous colouration, (3) distinct black spots on the abdo- 

 men. 



