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Mr. R. I. Pocock on the 



xipon tlie third; and in the hind foot the inner lobes are 

 negligible upon all the digits ^. 



F. jaquarondi. — In an adult example of the F. eyra- 

 mutation from Cordova^ in the Argentine, the fore foot is 



rig. 10. 



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vw/ 



D 



Right fore foot of Felis wiedii. 

 ,, hind foot of „ „ 



„ fore foot oi Felis salinariim 

 ,, bind foot of ,, 



X^. 



shorter than in the example of F. geoffroyi examined, has 

 the pads relatively larger, and the claw- sheaths better 



* In all cats the ed^e of the sldn upon the adraedian or inner side of 

 the claw is detached from the claw to a greater or less extent. Henco 

 the rudiment of the inner portion of the sheaih is always present, even 

 in cases where it is stated to be negligible or absent in this paper. 



