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pressed, and the nasal bones very narrow superiorly ; anterior 
upper premolar absent. Length of head and body, 25 inches; 
of tail, 12 inches. al 
According to Herr Matschie, specimens obtained from 
Tornquist, in Argentina, lying north of Bahia Blanca and 
south of the Sierra de la Ventana, were almost uniformly 
yellowish-grey, with scarcely any traces of dark banding; the 
inner sides of the limbs showing a single band; while the 
under-parts were white, and the legs and ears yellowish. 
Some examples showed elongated spots like / colocolo. 
Mr. Aplin observes that two kittens of this species brought 
to him in Uruguay “were spotted on the legs and lower-parts, 
and it was suggested that they might be the result of a cross 
with the Monte-Cat (7. guigna); but as the skins of two more 
kittens, brought in with that of the old female a few days 
before, were just the same, the spotted dress in youth is 
evidently natural to this species. Exactly the same thing 
happens in the case of the Puma.” 
Distribution.—South America, on the east side of the Andes 
from Uruguay through the Argentine pampas to Patagonia, 
canging as far south as the Straits of Magellan. In many of 
the wilder parts of the Argentine, as in Patagonia, this species 
is still common; but in the more settled districts of the former 
country, as in those of Uruguay, systematic trapping has 
greatly diminished its numbers. 
Habits. Except that its ferocity is extreme, little definite has 
been recorded of the habits of this Cat. In the Argentine it 
lurks among the pampas- or paja-grass. Azara writes that 
“the natives call this animal Ga/o pajero, because it lives 
on the plains, concealing itself in the jungles, without entering 
into the woods and thickets which the Eyra inhabits. I know 
not, nor have I heard, that it exists in Paraguay, although it 
may formerly have been seen there ; but as the country be- 
