168 CAPT. W. SMEE ON THE MANELESS LION OF GUZERAT. 
much longer as they are in the Feles generally, and have none of that floccose character 
which is given to the middle line of the belly in the African Lion by the extreme length 
of the hairs on this part,—a length almost equal to that of the hairs composing the 
lower portion of the mane. In both animals the hairs at the extremity of the tail are 
lengthened, forming a tuft or brush, which is the more remarkable owing to its colour 
being different from that of the adjoining parts: but in the Guzerat Lion this tuft is 
considerably larger and more dense than in the African. In the latter the brush does 
not greatly exceed in diameter the tail itself: in the former its diameter is more than 
twice as great, and its length is increased in proportion to its thickness. In this tuft 
there existed, subsequently to its arrival in England, in the oldest of my Lions, a 
short horny claw or nail, similar in form to, but somewhat larger in size than, the one 
described by Mr. Woods in the ‘ Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Corre- 
spondence’ of this Society! as having been obtained from the tail of a young Lion from 
Barbary still living in its Menagerie. My specimen has since been deprived of this 
appendage, probably in consequence of its having been handled somewhat roughly. 
Both the African and the Guzerat Lion are subject to considerable variation in in- 
tensity of colouring. In both the colour is fulvous; but in some individuals this is 
much paler than in others, and in the darker specimens there occurs a tinge of red. 
The middle line of the back is the most deeply coloured part, and the under surface is 
much paler and almost white. Among the hairs there is an intermixture of some 
which are entirely black, and the greater or less proportion which these bear to the 
paler ones is the principal cause of the variations in depth of colour that occur in 
different individuals. Of the Guzerat Lions the oldest individual is the lightest in 
colour. The tail becomes gradually paler towards its extremity, passing into greyish 
white ; its terminal brush consisting of black hairs slightly tinged with brown. Above 
each eye there is a pale space, in which is included a darker coloured spot for the im- 
plantation of the supraciliary vibrisse, from twelve to fifteen in number, and of which 
the longest reaches nearly to the ears. Inthe African Lion these vibrisse are implanted 
in a darker spot, but this spot is less defined and is only partially bounded by a paler 
space. In both the points of insertion of the moustaches are darker than the sur- 
rounding parts. 
Of the form of the maneless Lion of Guzerat, as compared with that of the Lion of 
Barbary, I cannot venture to speak with confidence, from not having possessed an 
opportunity of observing them together in the living state. The recollection which I 
retained of the African Lion was too indistinct to aid me in this comparison while the 
Lion of Guzerat was before my eyes: my recollection of the Lion of Guzerat, as to its 
form and proportions when entire, may perhaps have in some measure faded before I 
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