122 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
mentioned Fishing Cat, and the anterior upper pre-molar tooth 
unusually large and furnis#®d with two roots; orbit of eye 
completely encircled by bone. The body is much elongated ; 
and the tail and limbs are very short. In colour, the fur, 
which is soft, thick, and long, is dark reddish-brown on the top 
of the head, with two yellow lines extending from between the 
eyes to the ears, while on the body it is dark brown, gradually 
lightening on the sides, each hair having a white tip, which 
communicates a silvery-grey tinge to the entire coat. Face 
below the eyes light reddish, with two narrow dark lines 
running across the cheeks to beneath the ears. Chest and 
under-parts white ; the latter spotted and streaked with rufous. 
Inner surfaces of limbs rufous-brown, becoming lighter near the 
feet ; tail reddish-brown. Length of head and body, from 21 
to 24 inches; of tail, from 6 to 8 inches. 
Distribution.—Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo; on the 
Baram River, Sarawak ; Mount Dulit, at 2,000 feet. 
Habits.—Of the habits of the little Fire-Cat, as this species 
is sometimes called, little is known; although, from the 
similarity in the anterior pre-molar tooth, it has been suggested 
that they may be similar to those of the Fishing Cat. Mr. 
Hose writes that in Borneo “this Cat is common in the low 
country, and is often very destructive in the gardens. It is 
very fond of fruit, and has constantly been known to dig up 
and eat the sweet potatoes which are grown by the natives.” 
XIII. THE BORNEAN BAY CAT. FELIS BADIA. 
Felis badia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 322; Elliot, 
Monogr. Felide, pl. xiv. (1878-83); Mivart, The Cat, p. 
419 (1881); Hose, Mamm. Borneo, p. 20 (1893). 
Characters—A small, uniformly-coloured Cat readily dis- — 
tinguished from the preceding by the small size and single 
