VARIETIES OF THE TIGER AND LEOPARD. 59 



company with a pair of African leopards. It is 

 usually termed " gorbacha " by the natives. The 

 larger kind, commonly called the panther, and 

 which I believe to be the true ec tendowa," stands 

 higher on the legs, and is much more powerfully 

 built, equalling a small tigress in size. A skin I 

 have examined, which came from Coorg, had the 

 ground colour pale fulvous yellow, the spots being 

 widely separated from each other on the sides, but 

 uniting on the spine in an almost continuous chain. 

 The length of the skin was 8 ft. 9 in., which, allowing 

 for the stretching, gives a very large and powerful 

 animal. Two varieties of the leopard seem also 

 to exist in Africa, as there is a large male from 

 Morocco in the Gardens, which in size and colour 

 resembles the skin just mentioned, while the other 

 specimens approach the small Indian leopard in size 

 and form, though their fur is of a pale tint. I am 

 not aware of the exact place from whence they 

 were sent over, but I believe from the Portuguese 

 possessions on the eastern coast. 



The investigation of these varieties would be of 

 great assistance to zoology, as most probably more 

 than one species remain to be discovered, and sports- 

 men and travellers would do great service to science 

 by taking every opportunity of clearing up the 

 question. 



