158 THE LEOPARD. 



size. Those on the head, neck, a part of the shoul- 

 ders, and the limbs, were full, small, and placed close 

 to each other in a confused manner : those on the 

 thighs, back, flanks, and a part of the shoulders, were 

 equally full and small, but they were grouped in a 

 circular manner, so that each group formed an iso- 

 lated spot * en form de rose; 1 and the part surround- 

 ed by this union of little spots being of a deeper 

 shade than the ground colour of the skin, contributed 

 in appearance to separate them still more from the 

 others* Ten of these ringed spots can be counted 

 in a perpendicular line from the back to the under 

 parts. On the belly, there are large black spots, 

 which are not so numerous as upon the other parts, 

 and the spots upon the upper part of the inside 

 of the limbs are lengthened and transverse, and 

 on the higher part of the shoulders there are some 

 which are long, narrow, and joined two and two up- 

 on the same line. The back of the ear is black, 

 with a white transverse spot on the middle : there 

 is a black spot upon each side at the opening of the 

 lips, and a white one above each eye." 



We are not aware of any authentic figure of the 

 Panther, though several have been given as such. 

 That of Mareschal, and that given by Griffith, from 

 a drawing by Major Hamilton Smith, were both 

 taken from specimens in the Parisian Museum. 

 Now, Temminck says at once that these are all leo- 

 oards ; while Cuvier, so late as 1829, confirms his 

 opinion that the former is the true Panther pardus 



