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Egyptian-hall, where it was exhibited for some time ; but I have 

 not been able to learn its final disposal, or to find any record of it 

 in the sale of Mr. Bullock's Museum. In its manners this indi- 

 vidual resembled the Rimau-Dahan ; it was comparatively mild 

 and fond of play and society. From the length of the period 

 during which it remained at the Menagerie, it may be supposed 

 to have been full grown. It had acquired the usual size of a 

 Leopard. 



The following character will serve to distinguish the Felis 

 Macrocelis from the other species of this genus, which have hitherto 

 been described. 



Felis grisea, maculis nigris: humeralibus maximis transversis; 

 laterulibus obliquis subcoadunatis vel intervallis angustio- 

 ribus divisis plagis angulatis rotundatisve rarius ocellalis ; 

 omnibus marginibus posterioribus saturalioribus, lineis cervice 

 dorsoque surnmo duabus parallelis : collo utrinque duabus 

 superior e continua inferior e interrupta, pedibus validis^podiis 

 amplis robustiSy cauda longissima incrassata lanuginosa. 



Tab. XXI. 



The superior strength of the extremities of the Felis Macro- 

 celis, and the fulness and length of the tail, must be considered 

 more important and essential characters of distinction, than the 

 painting of the body. The divisions which have hitherto been 

 attempted in this extensive genus, are founded alone on size, 

 colour, and external marks ; they afford therefore little assistance 

 in determining the situation of our animal in a natural arrange- 

 ment, or in illustrating its affinity to the species that have hitherto 

 been described. In point of size our animal is superior to the 

 ■ Panther, from which the Leopard has not as yet been clearly dis- 

 criminated, but by the strength and size of its extremities it 

 appears more nearly allied to the Tiger than either the Panther of 

 the old world or the Jaguar of America : and agreeably to my 

 views, our animal is nearer in affinity to the Tiger than the ani- 

 mals above mentioned. If colour alone might be considered in 

 determining affinity in this genus, the analogy of the American 

 species, would indeed suggest a different disposition. The Felis 



