£78 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Of the approximate size of a large Domestic Cat, the Colo- | 
colo has the fur of a Whitigh-grey colour, with elongated dark | 
spots or streaks on the upper-parts, and a black mark extend- | 
ing from the eye to the jaw. The tail is partially ringed; 
and the lower portions of the limbs are dark. 
Although the anterior upper pre-molar is wanting, and the | 
nasals are narrowed superiorly, the description of the skull of | 
the Colocolo given by Professor Mivart does not accord in all | 
respects with that of the Pampas Cat. 
Distribution.—North-eastern and Western South America; | 
the species being recorded from Guiana and Chili, and doubt- | 
less occurring in the intermediate countries. 
The typical specimen was obtained in Guiana, and is thus 
described by Hamilton Smith, who observes: “ The head was — 
remarkably flat and broad; the ears large and. round; the > 
body slender; the tail just touched the ground when the 
animal was standing ; the legs were very strong ; the colour of 
the neck and back was whitish-grey ; the head, throat, shoulders, 
sides, belly, and inside of limbs white. ‘The back was marked 
with lengthened streaks of black, edged with tawny; and to- 
wards the shoulders and thighs, with streaks of tawny. There 
was a black streak from the corner of the eyes to the jaws, and 
some bar-like marks on the forehead. The outside of the ears 
were dark grey, the insides pink and naked as well as the nose. 
The tail was semi-annulated with black, having a black tip, and 
it exhibited a great pecularity in the legs, which were all of hem 
of a very dark grey colour up to the knees. 
“During his journey down country, the gentleman by whom 
the animal had been shot, placed the skin on the awning of 
the boat to air, as he was descending the river Paramaribo. 
The boat often passed under the branches of large trees, which 
overhung the river, and on which were the resting-places of 
