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and tail are entirely black, without white rings upon 

 the hairs. It is said to be easily tamed. 



Temminck, in his " Monographies," refers the 

 spotless cat, Felis unicolor of Dr Traiil, to this spe- 

 cies. In colour and markings, however, it agrees 

 much nearer to the next, but differs in the length of 

 the tail, which is very nearly as long again as in the 

 eyra ; again the total length of Dr Traill's specimen 

 is exactly that of Temminck's largest yaguarundi. 

 We add Dr Traill's description. The specimen was 

 brought from Demerara. In length, exclusive of 

 the tail, it measured 2 feet 8 inches ; that of the 

 tail was 1 foot 8 inches ; the height of the shoulders 

 ^0 inches. 



" The head of the spotless cat is much more 

 pointed, its nose more elevated, and its limbs are 

 much more slender, in proportion to its size, than in 

 the puma. The strength of the jaws and size of the 

 teeth, are likewise proportionally less. In the puma, 

 the backs of the ears are black ; in our animal, they 

 are of the same colour as the adjacent parts. The 

 tail of the puma is claviform, or appears thickest to- 

 wards the tip, which is black ; but the tail of the 

 spotless cat is nearly of one thickness throughout, 

 and it wants the conspicuous black tip which ap- 

 pears constantly in the puma. The general colour 

 of the two animals is also different. This new spe- 

 cies is of a clear but deep reddish-brown ; the colour 

 of the puma is of a fulvous hue ; and when about 

 the size of the animal in question, the young puma 



