152 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
larger, and that they brought forth only two young ones in a 
year. ‘They inhabit the borggrs of woods, thickets, enclosed 
cardales, and ditches, without Venturing into open places. They 
climb trees with facility, and remain long in them, subsisting 
in the same manner as other Cats; if they find an oppor- 
tunity, they also attack poultry in farmhouses. Their body is 
longer and their ears are shorter and smaller than thoze of 
the common Cat ; from which they also differ in havinga more 
bushy tail, and in the pupils of their eyes preserving the cir- 
cular form when exposed to the sun, as I observed in one of 
the females which, being caught young, allowed herself to be 
handled and scratched within twenty-eight days. The Yaguar- 
undi, it is said, pounces upon Deer, and does not loose his 
hold, although they gallop off at full speed, until he kills them ; 
but I believe this to be true only of young fawns.” 
XXVII. THE SMALL-FOOTED CAT. FELIS BRACCATA. 
felis braccata, Cope, American Naturalist, vol. xxiii. F ebruary, 
p- 144 (1889). 
Characters.—Closely allied to the preceding species, from 
which, according to its describer, it is distinguished by the 
following features: The feet are smaller, and the toes of more 
equal length than in & jaguarondi ,; while the claws are very 
much smaller. Both the inner and outer toes are relatively 
shorter in both limbs in & jagwarondi than in the present 
species. In &. draccata the tail is rather shorter than in the 
former, being less than the length of the body, and only an inch 
in excess of the hind-limbs when extended to their full length ; 
whereas in / jaguarondi it equals the body in length, and 
reaches two inches beyond the limbs. Finally, while the ears 
in /. gaguarondi are broadly rounded, in F& évaccata they are 
so prominently angulated as to present an apex less than a 
right angle. The fur of the muzzle has a truncate border, 
