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habits, in lying down, in licking and cleansing themselves, 
washing their faces with their paws, in puffing, sneezing, and 
all other particulars. My friend caught a young whelp, and it 
became so thoroughly domesticated as to sleep in the skirts of 
his clerical gown, and went about loose, and he affirmed that 
no animal could be more tractable ; the neighbours, however, 
killed it, as it destroyed their poultry.” 
XXIV. GEOFFROY’S CAT. FELIS GUIGNA. 
felis guigna, Molina, Saggio Storia Nat. Chili, vol. i. p. 295 
(1782); Mivart, The Cat, p. 410 (1881). 
felis geoffroyi, D’Orbigny, Voyage Amér. Mérid. vol. iv. pl. 
xil. (1847); Elliot, Monogr. Felidz, pl. xix. (1878-83) ; 
Matschie, S.B. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1894, p. 59. 
Pardalina warwickit, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 267; 
Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 706, 1872, p. 203. 
? felis pardinoides, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 400, and 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 27 (1869); Mivart, 
The Cat, p. 411 (1881). 
Characters.—This species, which is sometimes known as the 
Spotted Tiger-Cat, has the ground-colour of the fur varying from 
yellowish-grey to grey, the chin and a streak on the crown of the 
head being white, and the under-parts paler. There are four 
black streaks on the crown of the head, two on each cheek, 
and one between the shoulders ; the forelimbs and body are 
covered with numerous small and nearly equal-sized solid 
black spots placed at equal distances from one another. The 
throat and chest, as well as the upper part of the limbs, are 
barred with black ; the tail is spotted at the base, and ringed 
towards the tip; and the black ears have a large white spot 
behind. 
There appear to be two races of this Cat, which some re- 
gard as distinct species. Firstly, the typical / guégna, extend- 
ing from Chili to Tucuman, in which the general colour is 
greyish, while the spots are small and show some tendency to 
