j q 2 Lloyd's natural history. 



larger, and that they brought forth only two young ones in a 

 year. They inhabit the borders of woods, thickets, enclosed 

 cardaleSy and ditches, without venturing into open places. They 

 climb trees with facility, and remain long in them, subsisting 

 in the same manner as other Cats ; if they find an oppor- 

 tunity, they also attack poultry in farmhouses. Their body is 

 longer and their ears are shorter and smaller than those of 

 the common Cat ; from which they also differ in having a more 

 bushy tail, and in the pupils of their eyes preserving the cir- 

 cular form when exposed to the sun, as I observed in one of 

 the females which, being caught young, allowed herself to be 

 handled and scratched within twenty-eight days. The Yaguar- 

 undi, it is said, pounces upon Deer, and does not loose his 

 hold, although they gallop off at full speed, until he kills them: 

 but I believe this to be true only of young fawns." 



XXVII. THE SMALL-FOOTED CAT. FELIS BRACCATA. 



Felis braccata, Cope, American Naturalist, vol. xxiii. February, 

 p. 144(1889). 

 Characters. — Closely allied to the preceding species, from 

 which, according to its describer, it is distinguished by the 

 following features : The feet are smaller, and the toes of more 

 equal length than in F jaguarondi ; while the claws are very 

 much smaller. Both the inner and outer toes are relatively 

 shorter in both limbs in F. jaguarondi than in the present 

 species. In F. braccata the tail is rather shorter than in the 

 former, being less than the length of the body, and only an inch 

 in excess of the hind-limbs when extended to their full length ; 

 whereas in F. jaguarondi it equals the body in length, and 

 reaches two inches beyond the limbs. Finally, while the ears 

 in F. jaguarondi are broadly rounded, in F. braccata they are 

 so prominently angulated as to present an apex less than a 

 right angle. The fur of the muzzle has a truncate border, 



