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habits, in lying down, in licking and cleansing themselves, 

 washing their faces with their paws, in puffing, sneezing, and 

 all other particulars. My friend caught a young whelp, and it 

 became so thoroughly domesticated as to sleep in the skirts' of 

 his clerical gown, and went about loose, and he affirmed that 

 no animal could be more tractable ; the neighbours, however, 

 killed it, as it destroyed their poultry." 



xxiv. geoffroy's cat. felis guigna. 

 Felis guigna, Molina, Saggio Storia Nat. Chili, vol. i. p. 295 



(1782) ; Mivart, The Cat, p. 410 (1 881). 

 Felis geoffroyi, D'Orbigny, Voyage Amer. Merid. vol. iv. pi. 



xii. (1847); Elliot, Monogr. Felidae, pi. xix. (1878-83); 



Matschie, S.B. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1894, p. 59. 

 Pardalina warwickii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 267 ; 



Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 706, 1872, p. 203. 

 ? Felis pardiiioides, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 400, and 



Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 27 (1869); Mivart, 



The Cat, p. 411 (1881). 

 Characters. — This species, which is sometimes known as the 

 Spotted Tiger-Cat, has the ground-colour of the fur varying from 

 yellowish-grey to grey, the chin and a streak on the crown of the 

 head being white, and the under-parts paler. There are four 

 black streaks on the crown of the head, two on each cheek, 

 and one between the shoulders ; the fore-limbs and body are 

 covered with numerous small and nearly equal-sized solid 

 black spots placed at equal distances from one another. The 

 throat and chest, as well as the upper part of the limbs, are 

 barred with black ; the tail is spotted at the base, and ringed 

 towards the tip ; and the black ears have a large white spot 

 behind. 



There appear to be two races of this Cat, which some re- 

 gard as distinct species. Firstly, the typical F guigna, extend- 

 ing from Chili to Tucuman, in which the general colour is 

 greyish, while the spots are small and show some tendency to 



