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Ftlis niijriprs, BiirchcII. (Latakoo Cat.) Colour tawny or 

 light brown ochre, fainter on (hn under parts cf the body : 

 everywhere inottlfd with blacli spot?, rather long than ronnd ; 

 a few of those on the back of the neck are sometimes elongated 

 into stripes ; while those on the fore part of the shoulders join 

 and form very black transverse stripes, of which, sevcr.-^l sur- 

 round both the fore and hind \f)^^. The marks on the lower " 

 parfs of the body are extremely black, and the under parts of 

 the feet are the same. Tail of the same colour as the hack, . 

 and confusedly spotted, at least to four inches from its base, 

 no where annulated The top of the liead is of a darker colour 

 than the body; ears ovate, obtuse, and of an uniform grizzled 

 dark brown, covered with very close short hairs ; the anterior * 

 edge furnished with upright white hairs as long as the ear 

 itself; hair over the eyes whiter ; whiskers white. Size of the 

 domestic Cat. 



Inhabits Southern Africa, — about Latakoo. 



Burchell's Travels, vol. ii. p. 59'2. 



Felts Cnffia, Desm. (Caffer Cat.) The surface colour 

 of the upper and lateral parts of ibis species varies a little 

 in different specimens, but is generally a mixture of pale tawny, 

 greyish white and dull black, intimately blended together ; on 

 the Hides some of the latter colour is so disposed as to give an ap- 

 pearance of many obscure transverse dusky stripes. The under 

 parts of the neck, the breast, belly, and inner surfaces of 

 binder extremities, prilo tawny pencilled with white. Lower 

 parts of muzzle pale rufous ; upper lip pale tawny blended with 

 wliite ; eyebrows and cheeks whitish, the latter crossed by two 

 oblique reddish brown stripes : under each eye two short in- 

 distinct brownish transverse stripes ; eyes yellow, and in front 

 of each a small brownish black spot ; beard white, some of the 

 bristles black towards their bases ; under lip and chin whito ; 

 outer surfaces of ears rufous pencilled towards their bases with 

 white and tawny, the tips slightly with black ; inner surfaces 

 reddish while. Outer surfaces of extremities towards body 

 with a few deep black transverse stripes: lower portions of the 

 anterior ones spotted with brownish black ; the same parts of 

 the posterior ones scarcely spotted; the liinder surfaces of all 

 the feet deep black. Tail for the greater part of its length 

 above, black slightly pencilled with grey, beneath, pencilled, 

 grey and black, towards tip grey with two or more com- 

 plete black riuLS ; the tip itself black. The woolly hairs on 

 the top of the head are dusky black, on the body Mackish 

 towards their bases, fawn coloured towards tips ; bristly hairs 

 black, most of them annulated with greyish white. A fcvf par- 

 ticularly on the hinder part of back and tail ontlix-ly black. 



