48 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
when about three years off had a short mane, something like 
tbat of an Asiatic Lion; and the stripes became very indistinct 
at that age 
Mr. J. Atkins informed Professor Ball that there was a badly 
stuffed specimen of one cub which was about a year old in the 
Museum at Salisbury ; and there is another in the Cambridge 
Museum. From an account quoted by Mr. Harmer it would 
seem improbable that that particular specimen, had it survived, 
could have bred. Asa matter of fact, it appears, indeed, that 
none of the cubs ever did breed, though there is no known 
reason why most of them should not have done so. 
Mr. Atkins thinks that the cubs of the earlier litters died 
from over-feeding, as when he adopted a different treatment he 
had no difficulty in rearing them. 
Il. THE TIGER. FELIS “TIGRIS, = 
Felis tigris, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. 1. p. 62 (1766); Elliot, 
Monograph of Felide, pl.iil.(1878-83); Blanford, Mamm. 
Brit. India, p. 58 (1888). 
Tigris regalis, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1843); 
id., Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. ro (1869). 
(Plate IV.) 
Charasters.—Size approximately the same as that of the Lion. 
Fur on the body and limbs of Indian and Malayan specimens 
short, but that on the cheeks from behind the ears round the 
sides of the neck elongated in full-grown males to form an im- 
perfect ruff; in Siberian examples the whole fur longer and 
rougher. ‘Tail tapering gradually to the tip, which is devoid 
of a tuft; equal in length to about half the head and body. 
Pupil of the eye round. Skull differing from that of the Lion 
by the features noticed on page 28. Ground-colour of the 
fur of the upper-parts varying from pale rufous to brownish- 
yellow ; under-parts white ; the whole of the head and body 
