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cheeta, after felling the antelope, seizes it by the throat, and when the 

 keeper comes up, he cuts its throat and collects some of the blood in the 

 wooden ladle from which ic is always fed : this is offered to the cheeta, 

 who drops his hold, and laps it up eagerly, during which the hood is 

 cleverly slipped on again. My tame cheeta, when hungry or left alone 

 (for it appeared unhappy when away from the dogs and with no one 

 near it), had a plaintive cry, which Blyth appropriately calls a "bleat- 

 like mew." Shikarees always assert that if taken as cubs they are useless 

 for training, till they have been taught by their parents how to pull 

 down theii' prey. This opinion is corroborated, in part at least, by my 

 experiences with the tame one mentioned above. 



Out of the fifteen species of Felince included here, five are common to 

 India and Africa ; viz., the Lion, the Pard, the Cheeta, the Chaus, Wild 

 Cat, and the Caracal or Lynx. Seven are common to India and 

 Malayana, including Burmah, Assam, &c. ; viz. the Tiger, the Pard, the 

 Clouded Leopard, the Marbled Tiger-cat, the Large Tiger-cat, the Leo- 

 pard-cat, and the Bay Cat, of which three only occur (in our province) 

 in the south-east Himalayas, viz., the Clouded, the Marbled Cat, and the 

 Bay Cat ; one, the Ounce, is an outlier of Central Asia ; and only three 

 appear peculiar to the peninsula of India; viz., the small Tiger-cat 

 [Jerdoni), the Rusty -spotted Cat, and the Spotted Wild Cat. 



Fam. ViVERRiD.E. 



5 5 (3 (5 



Molars vary in number from to : feet tetradactvlous or 



pentadactylous. 



The Civets, as usiially recognized, comprise a varied assemblage of 

 animals exclusively confined to the eastern continent, and chiefly to the 

 warmer regions thereof. They most of them possess a pouch under the 

 anus. ^They are divided into the Hyfenas and the true Civets. 



Sub-fam. IIv.enin.e. 



5 5 5 5 



Molar teeth 1 or ; feet tetradactylous ; trunk declining 



backwards from the shoulders ; taU short. 



In general form hysenas resemble dogs more than cats, and Linnseus 

 classed them with the former, to which they appear united by the Lycaon 

 pictus of South Africa. In their dentition they more resemble Felidce- 

 They have three false molars above and four below, all conical, blunt and 



