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white, or saffron yellow, producing a variegated surface-colour 

 of grey-yellow and white. Many of the hristly hairs have black 

 points, and form on the sides of the belly, where many are con- 

 nected, very faint perpendicular or undulated stripes and 

 isolated spots. The bristly hairs of the back have light ochre or 

 almost yellow coloured points, and form between shoulders and 

 tail a yellowish stripe, which is most distinct along the course 

 of the back bone. Nose black ; above and under each eye 

 a white spot; from inner corner of eye a black stripe extends 

 towards the nose ; edges of lips black, the other parts thereof 

 white ; bristly hairs of eyebrows, checks, and beard, white ; 

 amongst the latter a few black ones. Insides of ears 

 margined on anterior edges with whitish yellow liair ; outsides, 

 greyish brown, passing to brown towards tips ; the latter sur- 

 mounted by a tuft of black hairs half an inch in length. 

 Cheeks, under-jaw, throat, neck, and breast, ochre coloured ; 

 belly, whitish yellow, mottled with dark i)atches. The outer 

 surfaces of anterior and posterior extremities, the colour of the 

 body, with four or more dark transverse hands ; inner sides of 

 extremities yellow, with a lartic round black spot on each of 

 the fore ones ; feet ochre yellow, black behind. Tail cylindri- 

 cal and greyish, point obtuse and black, with two black rings 

 near to it, which are separated by whitish rings. Length from 

 nose to base of tail two feet one inch ; length of tail eight inches ; 

 height at shoulder fourteen inches and a half, at rump nearly 

 fifteen inches and a quarter. 



Inhabits Egypt, along the banks of the Nile, — common in 

 Persia. 



Felis Caracal, Lin. (The Caracal.) The upper parts of 

 the head, the neck, the back, sides, outer surfaces of extremi- 

 ties, and tail, bright fawn coloured or wine red, pencilled freely 

 with dull white, each hair being- tipt with that colour ; the chin, 

 the fore parts of neck adjoining it, the breast, and belly, white; 

 the inner surfaces of extremities tawny white ; eyebrows red- 

 dish white : anterior parts of upper lip close to nose, and angles 

 of mouth, white; middle portions blotched with black: beard, 

 a mixture of black and white bristles Eyes fine yellow; ears 

 black without, pencilled with white ; within, whitish, and each 

 tipt with a slender tuft of black hair about two inches in length 

 Tail cylindrical, and with a few of the hairs at its point, princi- 

 pally reddish brown. The bases of most of the hairs on all 

 parts of the animal inclined to white ; the ground colour com- 

 monly darkest on the head, middle of back, and slioulders. 

 Length from nose to base of tail three feet two inches ; length 

 of tail twelve inches. Height about nineteen inches. 



Inhabits Africa and Asia,— not uncommon near the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



