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PLATE VIII. 



SIZE of a domestic cat, equally high on the legs, 

 but longer in the hody ; legs strong, with the thum b 

 of the fore paws armed and placed as in the cat ; 

 head sharper, with black about the eyes ; general 

 colour rufous white, clearer below ; irregular black 

 bar from ear to shoulder ; streak over forehead pass- 

 ing interruptedly along the spine ; six irregular 

 large spots forming two oblique rows from withers 

 to flanks; on the loins and thighs large irregular 

 blotches ; nine black annuli on the tail, exclusive 

 of tip, which is likewise black. This specimen we 

 found in the Museum of Baltimore, and agrees 

 sufficiently with the figure of Boddaert's Chat Bi- 

 zaam, to be considered identical. It was brought 

 from one of the great Asiatic Islands. 



Gen. villosa, Nobis, Linsang? Horsf. Size of a 

 polecat, with pointed snout ; small round ears ; long 

 and slender neck and body ; tail equal to the length 

 of the body ; legs robust, long ; five toes on all the 

 feet, middle toe longest ; colour white ; an irregular 

 band passing from the ear to the fore leg, another 

 from behind the ear to the withers ; from the shoulder 

 on each side a wavy band, obliquely along the flank, 



