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feh&tnitis. F. Cuvirftu 

 PLATE XIV.FEMALE. 



' Le chati femelle, Felis mitis, Fred. Cuvier, Histoire Na~ 

 turelle des Mammiferes. Felis chati, Temminck, Mono- 

 graphics, p. 150. Felis chibigouazou, Desmarest, Mam- 

 malogie, p. 221. 



THE first modern notice of this beautiful species 

 is in the magnificent work of Frederic Cuvier, who 

 gave his figure and description from a living speci- 

 men in the Paris Menagerie, and which has been 

 now used for our illustration. This also served Des- 

 marest for his descriptive letter-press to the Encyclo- 

 pedic Methodique, but he identifies it with the Chi-- 

 bigouazou of Azara, while Temminck, who uses, 

 much of the same materials for his "Monographies," 

 considers it distinct from that animal, and completes 

 his description from a skin which he received from i 

 Rio de Janeiro, and thus to a certain extent fixes ; 

 the locality of the animal, of which Frederic Cuvier] 

 was ignorant. 



Being unable to see specimens of this animal, we j 

 nave followed Frederic Cuvier, arid give his description 

 of the female. It was procured alive from a dealef j 



