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natives that its prey largely consisted of Squirrels and Tree- 

 Shrews (T?/J>aia). 



"In Sarawak," writes Mr. Hose, '"'this pretty little Cat is 

 found in the low country, and on the mountains up to 3,000 

 feet. It is constantly trapped by the natives, and is very fond 

 of stealing fowls, going into the villages and taking chickens 

 from beneath the houses. The Dyak name is ' Kuching 

 Batu.' It usually lives amongst the rocks and in holes ot 

 trees." 



XVI. CUSHY-TAILED RED-SPOTTED CAT. FEUS EUPTILURA. 



Felis euptilura, Elliot, Proc. Zool. Soc. 187 1, p. 760; id., 

 Monogr. Felidse, pi. xxvi. (1878 83) ; Mivart, The Cat, p 

 416 (1881). 

 ? Felis microtis, Milne-Edwards, Recherches Mammif. p. 221 

 (1868-74); Mivart, The Cat, p. 417 (1881). 

 Characters. — This is a pale-coloured spotted species from 

 China, apparently allied to the Leopard-Cat, but with a shorter 

 and more bushy tail. The type specimen is preserved in the 

 British Museum, and is described as follows : "Ground-colour 

 of the body light brownish yellow, strongly mixed with grey, 

 covered with reddish- brown spots rather oblong in shape, and 

 darkest and most conspicuous on the hind-quarters. Head 

 grey, with a white line under the eyes and on the side next to 

 the nose; two dark brown st. pes in the centre, commencing 

 at the tip of the nose, and one on each side, beginning at the 

 eye, pass over the top of the head, and down the back of the 

 neck to the shoulders ; a dark red stripe runs from the corner of 

 the eye, across the cheek, to the base of the ear, and another, 

 rather lighter in colour, starting below the eye, passes across the 

 cheek and curves back under the throat. The centre of the 

 back is much darker than the sides, with spots of dark brown. 

 Under lip white, as are also the throat and under-parts. Across 



