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ed talons inflicted the slightest injury, and, aftet 

 tumbling over each other more than once, the child 

 was taken up severely frightened, but no way hurt*.'* 

 So much for this Ocelot in particular. 



Our second illustration (PI. XVII.) is from a spe- 

 cimen in the Museum of the College. It had also 

 been kept tame for some time, and, though exces- 

 sively mischievous, it exhibited all the playful fami- 

 liarity of the preceding. The ground-colour of the 

 skin of this specimen was paler than usual, and of 

 a general tinge, more approaching to a tawny-yel- 

 low. The chain-like markings were of greater length 

 than in the last, and there were few intermediate 

 spots. The markings on the back also were neither 

 so dark nor so much joined. 



It is in this place we must mention an animal fi- 

 gured and described by Major Smith ( under the 

 name of 



THE LINKED OCELOT. 



Felis catenata HAMILTON SMITH. 



THIS is considered by that gentleman as an un- 

 doubted species, though two specimens only had 

 been seen of it, the one in Mr Bullock's museum, 

 the other in the museum at Berlin. The latter was 

 examined also by Professor Lichtenstein, and the 

 conclusion arrived at was, that it was distinct from 



Wilson's lllust. ZooL t In Griffith's Cuvier. 



