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With regard to the first distinction, the tails of the two speci- 

 mens of F. shawiana are certainly shorter than those of the speci- 

 mens of F. ornata ; but the skins are furriers, skins, both having 

 been bought in the bazaars at Yarkand and Kashgar, and the 

 tails in both cases seem mutilated, the tails, too, of F. ornata in 

 the JMuseum collection vary considerably in length, from 8 to 13 

 inches in specimens of approximately the same size ; with regard 

 to the second point, that of colour, the difference of shade is so 

 slight that it is only perceptable in a strong light ; finally, there are 

 in the Museum collection many specimens of F. ornata with quite 

 as distinct spots on the abdomen as F. shawiana. 



With regard to the skulls of F. ornata, F. chaus and F. shawi- 

 ana [there is no skull in the only specimen of F. caudata], there 

 does not seem to be any real substantial difference, although there 

 are minor differences which have been pointed out by Mr. Blan- 

 ford, yet it does not seem that any of the differences are sufficiently 

 important to be due to anything but individual variations. 



a-h. 8 skins Banda, N.-W. P. J. Cockburn. 



y. Skin g Agra dist., N.-W. P. Lucknow Mus. [Ex.] 



k. Skin $ Agra dist., N.-W. P. Lucknow Mus. [Ex.] 



/. Skin Hazara Hills, Punj. T. Hutton, 1845, A.S.B. 



ni. Skin Hansi, Punjab D. Scott, A.S.B. 



n. Skin Hansi, Punjab D. Scott A.S.B. 



o. Skin nr. Karachi, Sind Karachi Museum. 



p. Skin Mullier, Sind Col. Meurant. 



q-t. 4 Skulls Banda dist., N.-W. P. J. Cockburn. 



u. Skull Karachi, Sind Karachi Museum. 



Felis shawiana. 



Felis shawian.-!, Blanford J. A. S. B., xlv, p. 49(1876) ; id. Yarkand Maniw., 

 p. 17, pis. \b, \c ; Elliot Monog. Felida no. 34. 



Distribution. — Eastern Turkestan (Yarkand and Kashgar). 



a. Skin, skeleton Yarkand W. B. Shaw. 



[Type of F. shawiana, Blanford]. 



b. Skin Yarkand bazaar F. Stoliczka. 



c. Skin Kashgar, 11-74 J Scully. 



Felis chaus. ,, 



Felis chaus, Guldenstadt Nov. Comm. Acad. Petrop., xx, p. 483 (177O); 

 Sykes, P. Z. S., 1831, p. 102 ; Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. loS ; Horsfield 

 Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 50 ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan, p. 48; Blyth Cat. 

 no. 186, p. 63 ; id. P. Z. S., '863, p. 186 ; Tristram P. Z. S., 1866, p. 92 ; 

 ferdon Mamvi., p. 11 1 ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 29; Stoliczka. 

 J. A. S. B., xli, p. 227 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xliv ; Burma List, p. 28 ; Blan- 

 ford Persia, p. 36 ; Atkinson N.-W. P. Gazett., xi, p. 17 ; Alston P. Z. S., 

 1880, p. 52 ; Sterndale Mamm. Jnd., p. 195 ; Elliot Mono/r. Felidae no. 

 32; Murray Zuol. Sind, p. 29; Spearman Burma Gasett., p. 55' • Thotnas 

 P. Z. S., i886, p. 55 j Blanford Mammals, p. 86; Radde Zool. y. B., iv, p. 

 1015. 



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