\yi Lloyd's Natural history. 



Of the approximate size of a large Domestic Cat, the Colo- 

 colo has the fur of a whitish-grey colour, with elongated dark 

 spots or streaks on the upper-parts, and a black mark extend- 

 ing from the eye to the jaw. The tail is partially ringed j 

 and the lower portions of the limbs are dark. 



Although the anterior upper pre-molar is wanting, and the 

 nasals are narrowed superiorly, the description of the skull of 

 the Colocolo given by Professor Mivart does not accord in all 

 respects with that of the Pampas Cat. 



Distribution. — North-eastern and Western South America ; 

 the species being recorded from Guiana and Chili, and doubt* 

 less occurring in the intermediate countries. 



The typical specimen was obtained in Guiana, and is thus 

 described by Hamilton Smith, who observes : " The head was 

 remarkably flat and broad ; the ears large and round ; the 

 body slender ; the tail just touched the ground when the 

 animal was standing ; the legs were very strong ; the colour of 

 the neck and back was whitish-grey ; the head, throat, shoulders, 

 sides, belly, and inside of limbs white. The back was marked 

 with lengthened streaks of black, edged with tawny; and to- 

 wards the shoulders and thighs, with streaks of tawny. There 

 was a black streak from the corner of the eyes to the jaws, and 

 some bar-like marks on the forehead. The outside of the ears 

 were dark grey, the insides pink and naked as well as the nose. 

 The tail was semi-annulated with black, having a black tip, and 

 it exhibited a great pecularity in the legs, which were all of hem 

 of a very dark grey colour up to the knees. 



"During his journey down country, the gentleman by whom 

 the animal had been shot, placed the skin on the awning of 

 the boat to air, as he was descending the river Paramaribo. 

 The boat often passed under the branches of large trees, which 

 overhung the river, and on which were the resting-places of 



