THE LEOPARD. aa 
session of the establishment, to the headquarters in Calcutta. 
The message ran as follows: ‘Tiger on platform ; am safe on 
roof; have put signal-man in charge ; please arrange.” 
Ill. THE LEOPARD, OR PANTHER. | FELIS PARDUS. 
ens pardus, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 61 (1766) ; 
Elliot, Monogr. Felidz, pls. vi., vii. (1878-83) ; Blanford, 
Mamm. Brit. India, p. 67 (1888). 
Felis leopardus, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Animal, p. 509 (1777). 
Felis panthera, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. vol. i. p. 18 (1811). 
Felis melas, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 233 (1820). 
Leopardus varius, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 40 (1843). 
Felis tuliana, Valenciennes, Comptes Rendus, vol. xlili. p. 
1039 (1856). 
Leopardus japanensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 262; id, 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 11 (1869). 
Felis fontaniert, Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. ser. 5, 
vol. viii. p. 375 (1867); id., Recherches Mammif. p. 208 
(1868-74) ; Anderson, Sci. Res. Yun-nan Expedition, p. 
162 (1878); Bateson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 106. 
Leopardus chinensis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 264; id., 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 11 (1869). 
Leopardus pardus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 263; id., 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 10 (1869). 
(Plate V.) 
Characters.—Size large, but very variable, the total length 
ranging from 5 to 8 feet; ground-colour of fur normally yellow, 
upon which are numerous distinct black spots or rosettes ; 
pupil of eye circular ; length of tail varying from rather more 
than half to nearly three-fourths that of the head and body. 
General ground-colour of upper-parts varying from rufous to 
yellowish-white, or pale brownish-yellow ; spots or rosettes on 
upper-parts and superior surface of tail black externally, and 
