182 ORDER V. 



Change. "We have now before us our own and 

 Mr. Howitt's drawing ; we have likewise examined 

 the details or separate sketches of the head in dif- 

 ferent positions ; the limbs, and the tail ;* and have 

 noted M. Agassiz's picture, in oils, of that from 

 Sumatra ; another we believe by Mr. Landseer ; and, 

 finally, that published by Dr. Horsfield ; and con- 

 clude, unless there be great difference in the size, 

 form, colour, and characteristics of the markings, 

 that they are distinct species. 



The Jaguars, of which two very distinct varieties, 

 if not species, have been pointed out, form, we 

 believe, another group, there being a third with 

 irregular or mizzled spots, and a longer face. Buf- 

 fon's Mexican Jaguar is either the last of this, or 

 the first of the group of Ocelots. The Servals form 

 again one, of which Forster's Cape Cat is a young 

 specimen (not a Viverra) ; but remarkable for an 

 elevated form of the frontals, and small pointed 

 turned up nose. This is distinguished from the 

 Common Felis Serval, by three virgate streaks on 

 each side the neck, passing upon the shoulder. 



Genus LYNCHUS, Gray. The Lynxes. Contain- 

 ing the Short Tailed and Pencilled Eared Cats, 

 which spread furthest north, and are the most 

 robust in structure, and dense in fur, of the whole 

 family. All the species are . not as yet clearly 

 distinguished. 



* Yefc he copied Col. Hamilton Smith's, probably because 

 his own was faulty in the ensemble, as is sufficiently evident 

 in the drawing we have, where the head is much too large. 



