IV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 

 THE OCELOTS AND THE CATS. 

 The Marbled Cat {205) — The Tiger Cats ^205)— The Common Ocelot (205)— The Painted 

 Ocelot (206) — The Syra (207) — The Chati (207) — The Long-tailed Cat (207) — The Pampas Cat 

 (207) — The Clou(*ed Tiger (,208) — The Colocolo (208) — The European Wildcat (209) — The Manui 

 (211)— The Malay Cat (211) — The Dwarf Cat (211)— The Egyptian Cat (212) — Letting the Cat 

 out of the Bag (212) — The Common Cat (214) — The Marten Cat (215) — The Serval (215). 



CHAPTER VI. 

 THE LYNXES AND CHEETAHS. 

 The Genus Lynx (217) — The Persian Lynx (217) — The Caracal (218) — The European Lynx 

 (219) — The Booted Lynx (220) — The Canadian Lynx (220) — The American Wild-Cats (222) — The 

 Genus Cynxlurus (223) — The Cheetah or Hunting Leopard (224). 



CHAPTER Vn. 

 THE CIVET CATS. 

 The Cryptoproctidae (226)— The Galet (226)— The Viverridffi (227)— The Civet (228)— The 

 Zibeth (228) — The Genets (230) — The Pale Genet (231) — The Linsang (230) — The Hemigale 

 (230) — The Binturong (231) — The Nandinia (231) — The Pougoune (231) — The Musang (231) — 

 The Masked Paguma (232) — The Mampalon (233)— The Ichneumons (233) — The Mungos or 

 Mangouste (234) — The Egyptian Ichneumon (235) — The Crab-eating Mangouste (237) — The 

 Zebra Mangouste (237) — The Meerkat (238) — The Zenick (238) — The Mangue (239) — The Banded 

 Mungos (239). 



CHAPTER VHI. 



THE AARD-WOLF AND THE HYENAS. 



The Family Protelid;e (240) — The Aard-wolf (240) — The Family Hyrcnida; (241) — Fables and 



Superstitions about the Hyxna (241) — The Striped Hynena (242) — Two Tame Ones (243) — The 



Brown Hyaena (243) — The Spotted Hj-aena or Tiger- Wolf (244) — Rapacity of this Species (244) — 



Its Horrid Laughter (245). 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE WOLVES. 



General Description of the Genus Canis (246) — The Common European Wolf (247) — The 



Jackal Wolf (250) — The Kaberoo (250) — The Striped Wolf (250) — The American Wolves (251) — 



The Gray Wolf (251)— The Red Wolf (252)— The Coyote (253)— The South American Wolves 



(253) — The Crab-eating Wolf (254) — The Aguarachay (253). 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE JACKALS AND FOXES. 

 The Jackal (255) — The Landjak (256)— The Common Fox (256)^The Racoon Dog {259) — 

 The Corsac (260) — The Caama (260) — The Fennek (260) — The American Foxes (261) — The Red 

 Fox (261)— The Silver or Black Fox (261)— The Cross Fox (261)— The Kid Fox (262)— The Gray 

 Fox (262)— The Arctic Fox (262)— The Blue Fox (263)— The Large-eared Fox (264) — The Hunt 

 ing Dog (264). 



