294 ^^rne of Europe, W. & N. Asia Sc America 



with a few obscure dark markings on the chest and the upper portion of 

 the limbs, and some narrow and widely separated bars of the same hue 

 across the loins ; the rings on the tail being black. A white streak 

 between two lines of black extends obliquely forwards and downwards 

 from behind the eye, and there is a black patch on the back of each ear. 



THE EGYPTIAN CAT 



(Ft'//s libycii) 



This cat is noticed in the Great and Small Game of Africa, where it 

 is regarded as inseparable from the Kaffir cat. According to Mr. de 

 Winton, it should be known by the name given above, although it may 

 perhaps be better regarded as a local race than a species. It is 

 recorded by Mr. O. Thomas,^ under the name of Fells manlculata, from 

 Arabia, while Dr. von Lorenz-Liburnau '^ vouches for its occurrence in 

 the south of Europe. 



FONTANIER'S CAT 



{Fells tristis) 



This imperfectly known species is characterised by its comparatively 

 large size, whitish grey ground-colour, and rather short tail. It is 

 described as having soft and long tur, of a whitish grey ground-colour, 

 marked with large dark brown solid spots upon the upper-parts and limbs, 

 and with three or four blackish brown lines running from the back of 

 the head down the whole length of the spine. There are also two 



1 Pror. ZooL Soc. London, 1900, p. 100. 

 - Verk. Ges. Mien, vol. xlviii. p. 341 (1897). 



