150 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORV. 



aggregate in rosettes ; and, secondly, the more southern and 

 eastern F geoffroyi of the Argentine, in which the colour is 

 yellower and the spots are larger. The skull is remarkable for 

 its shortness, width, and convexity, the orbit being open be- 

 hind, and the anterior premolar very minute. 



Distribution. — South America, from Chili to Paraguay and 

 Argentina. In Uruguay, according to Mr. Aplin, the Monte- 

 Cat (Gato del monte), as it is locally called, is now becoming 

 very rare, being trapped by the Sheep-farmers on account of 

 the damage it inflicts on the lambs. In Tucuman the typical 

 Chilian form is abundant ; while in the wooded district of 

 Tornquist, lying to the north of Bahia Blanca and south of 

 the Sierra de la Ventana (Sierra de Curumalan), in the south 

 of Argentina, it is replaced by the true F geoffroyi. This 

 form is also found on the Argentine pampas. 



XXV. BOGOTA TIGER-CAT. FELIS PARDINOIDES. 



Fe/i's parditwides, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 400; id., 

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

 p. 41 1 (1881). 



Characters. — Originally described as of Indian origin, this Cat 

 was identified by Mr. Elliot, in his " Monograph of the Felidoe," 

 with the preceding, but is regarded by Professor Mivart as 

 distinct. It differs from the typical Geoffroy's Cat in the 

 larger size of the spots, which take the form of dark black- 

 bordered blotches. Of the two known skins, one has the 

 ground-colour greyer than the other. Length of head and 

 body, about 18 inches; of tail, 10 inches. 



Distribution. — Bogota, U.S. of Colombia. 



XXVI. THE JAGUARONDI. FELIS JAGUARONDI. 



Felis jaguarondi, Fischer, Zoognosie, p. 228 (1814); Elliot, 



Monogr. Felidae, pi. xii. (1878-83). 

 Felis mexkana, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. vi. p. 



112 (1816). 



