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attention from an observer. The general colour of the fur is grey, with a sheht admix- 
ture of yellow. Upon this groundwork dark patches are lavishly scattered, and the full 
furry tail is covered with alternate bands of black and white. The muzzle would be 
entirely black but for a bold patch of white fur on the upper lip, and a less decidedly 
white mark by the nose. The feet are supplied with retractile claws, so that the animal 
can deal a severe blow with its outstretched talons, or climb trees with the same ease and 
rapidity which is found in the cat tribe. 
Another pretty species of this genus is the PALE, or SENEGAL GENETT. 
The fur of this animal is whiter than that of the Blotched Genett, and the markings 
are rather differently arranged. Along the spine a nearly unbroken dark stripe is drawn, 
and upon the neck and shoulders the spots have a tendency to merge into each other, 
So AlKyawye 
PALE GENETT.—Genetiu Senegalensis. 
and to form stripes, extending from the head along the neck and over the shoulders. 
On each side of the face is a bold black patch. The hinder legs are quite black at the 
ankle joint. 
These animals are very susceptible of domestication, and in various Eastern districts 
are as familiar inhabitants of the house as the domestic cat. Like the house cat, the 
Genett signalizes itself in the destructive wars which it wages against rats and mice, 
being especially fitted for such a pursuit by its active limbs and lithe form. The Genetts 
seem, when wild, to prefer the low grounds in the vicinity of rivers to the higher forest 
lands, and are there ¢ saptured. 
They are not nearly so large as the civet, being only five inches in height at the 
shoulder, and about twenty inches in total length. The eye is of a light brown colour, 
and rather protuberant. The young of the Pale “Genett has the spots of a light chestnut 
instead of the deep blackish-brown of the adult animal. 
The AMER GENETT, an inhabitant of Abyssinia, is a boldly and handsomely marked 
creature. The general colour of its fur is a darkish yellow grey, on which are placed a 
number of well-defined dark spots. These markings run in fine regular lines, being 
