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)— Tlic Clouiicd Tiger (208) — The Colocolo (208)— The European Wildcat (209)— The Manui 

 (211)— The Malay Cat (211) — The Dwarf Cat I2ii)— Tlie Egyptian Cat (212)— Letting the Cat 

 out of the Bag (212)— The Common Cat (214)— Tlie 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 

 (2ig)— The liootcd Lynx (220)— Tlie Canatiian Lynx ^22o)— The American Wild-Cats (222) — The 

 Genus Cynxlurus (223)— The Chectali or llunling Leopard (224). 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE CIVET CATS. 

 The Cryptoproctidx (226)— The G.alet (226)— The Viverridffl (227)— The Civet (228)— The 

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

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

 The Maslied Paguma (232)— The M.ampalon {233)— The Ichneumons (233)— The Mungos or 

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

 Zebra Mangoustc (237)— The Mcerkat (23S)— The Zcnick (23S)— The Mangue (239)— The Banded 

 Mungos (239). 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE AARD-WOLF AND THE HYiENAS. 

 The Family Protelidx (240)— The Aard-wolf (240) — The Family Hyxnidx (241)— Fables and 

 Superstitions about the Hyxna (241)— The Striped Hya-na (242)— Two Tame Ones (243)— The 

 Brown llvana (243) — The Spotted Ilyxna or PigcrWolf (244) — Rapacity of this Species (244) — 

 Its Horrid Laughter (245). 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE WOLVES. 

 Gcner.al Description of the Genus Canis (246) — The Common European Wolf (247)— The 

 Jack.il Wolf (250)— The K.aberoo {250)— The Striped Wolf (250)— The American Wolves (251)— 

 The Gr.ay Wolf (251')— The Red Wolf (252)— The Coyote (253)— The South American Wolves 

 ^253)_The Crab-eating Wolf (254)— The Aguaracha> (253). 



CHAPTER X. 

 THE J.\CKALS 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 

 Fo.<i (262)— The Arctic Fox (262)— The Blue Fox (263)— The Large-eared Fox (264)— The Hunt 

 ing Dog (,264). 



