THE OCELOT. 139 
Characters.—According to Herr Matschie, this rather slen- 
derly-made Cat is distinguished from the last by its slightly 
superior size, grey colour of the upper-parts, and distinctly 
ringed tail, the under-parts being white, and, like the back, 
spotted with black. With this form may doubtless be identi- 
fied the type of Felis neglecta, now preserved in the British 
Museum, which was originally described as follows: “Grey; 
head and body marked with numerous small darker spots ; spots 
of the lower parts of the sides rather larger ; belly white, with 
large blackish spots ; tail quite half the length of the body, 
with a dark line along the upper surface ; sides paler, with 
obscure indications of darker streaks.” It will be seen that so 
far as regards the markings on the tail, the description of this 
specimen does not differ from that of the type of Aedis rutila ; 
and it is not impossible that Mr. Elliot may be right in re- 
garding this form merely as a grey phase of the Red Tiger- 
Cat. If this eventually prove to be the case, the name & 
_celidogaster will have to be adopted for the species. 
Distribution The Gold Coast. 
As is the case with so many of the West African Mammals, 
which inhabit districts more or less inaccessible to Europeans, 
we have no information as to the habits of either the Red or 
the Grey Tiger-Cat. 
XXII. THE OCELOT. FELIS PARDALIS. 
felis pardalis, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 62 (1766) ; 
Elliot, Monogr. Felidz, pl. xvii. (1878-83) ; Alston, in 
Godm. and Salv. Biol. Centr. Amer. Mamm. p. 60 (1880), 
felis ocelot and £. catenata, H. Smith, in Griffith’s Animal 
Kingdom, vol. v. p. 169 (1827). 
Felis canescens, Swainson, Anim. in Menag. p. 118 (1838). 
Leofardus pardalis and L. griseus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. 
Mus. p. 42 (1843). 
Leopardus pictus, Gray, op. cit. p. 43. 
