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Buk of the ean black at the '. l.yatmns- 



. tips of tlir ground-colour of tin- body. 



.urns black 



bars : Ilic' hind limbs with similar marking*. 

 joints (if the limbs of a paler tint 

 than ' the body, the spots on them round anil 



il with eight black rinirs. tip of tin- name 

 colour. 1 of tail, 1 Unit 11} inches: tail '.I 



inches. Height when standiiu it 1- inc 



th' 1 shoulder, and l.'i inches at the hind (|uarters. [ K. Cuv. 

 The animal from which the above description w:i. taken 

 ,- male. It- temper was mild and -Tenth-, 

 and r n sportive. It played like a domestic eat. 



I, chasinsr its tail, and amnsinir itself with 

 tint it could roll with its paw. 



locality. The Serval is a IK. live of southern Africa. 

 Tlicrc arc generally seme living specimens in our mena- 

 . It h:us been exhibited in that of the Zoological 

 ty of London, and may be seen there now IsfJ . 





The < 



AMERICAN TIOER-C 



But it is in America that the tiger-cats are most nnme- 

 -.nd beautiful, and there their manners have bevn lu--t 



d by competent observers: \\ Inn \ain- 



ples of th- ties of fonn aud colouring exhibited by 



this group in that quarter of the globe. 



lUI. The Ocelot. This, the must 

 beautiful perhaps of all the //. hnost deti- 



uui. Mr. K. Hennctl has howe\er given a very faith- 

 ful account from two living specimens, one existing when 

 he wrote in the Town of London, and the other in the 



'the Zoological Society in the Keirent's Park. 

 1>< H full grown nearly three feet 



in length; tail rather more than one: medium hei;rh! 

 about 18 inches. Ground-colour of fur. grey, miiurlcd 

 with a slight tiiiire of fawn, clcirantly marked with nume- 

 rous longitudinal band.s, tin- dursal . nnioiiH and 

 cnth i he lateral < six or seven on rach side) eon- 

 -i-lii ] spots with 



:\ distinct, sometimes 



r. The cei ! a deeper 



'.rnal to tin m : this deeper 



HI tin- brad mid neck, and on 



l.s, all of which parts an- incirularly 



'iiics and spots ci| v: 



'. or more frei|neiltlv 

 . which are full black 

 Icnorly. and enclose 



a narrow fawn-coloured space with a black margin ; 



these there i-. a single longitudinal, somewhat 



', narrow black line, occupying the centre of 



the neck above. Kara short and rounded, externally mar- 



wifh black, surrounding n larirc ccuhal vvhiti.-'. 



hili-h, spotted with black, and 

 d, which is of the same ground-colour with the ' 

 aUo covered with black upots. Hennett, Tuin-r 



remark* that he has, in th 



:th of the tail at morp than a foot : and 

 in nil the known ocelot-, a- well a , in all the ] 

 which then arc severnl} that approach it in form and 

 wounng, the proportionate length of the tail i at 



equal to that which lie has irivcn ns its average measure- 

 ment. The tail however of tl: n u did not 



.uality 



and he felt 

 as a new 



uf 



throughout and it- abnipt slui:, 

 that this :.' 



by no means inclined to regard that 

 -. tn be distinguished by the 



that appendage, by the unusually pale colour oi 



-lit peculiarity in the mode of their 

 nl. which. 1 . \arie- in every individual 



-en. 



and probably I 1 . 



J/nliitx. .\v. Tb.- ocelot remain* in the' d. 

 during the day. sallying forth at nijrht in -mall 



quadrupeds and birds, the latter of which it sticecs-fully 

 chases in the trees, for it i- \pcrt climber. It it 



be, as is generally supposed, the 'r/nr<,<,zi'lntl. Tlnl^n-hll, 



Pardiu Mtxicanus of Hernandez, it is sniii 

 iiself out as if dead on the limb of some tree when il 

 monkeys in the neighbourhood. They, urircd by cun 

 proceed to examine the supposed defunct, and fall \ 

 to their curiosity. 



The Ocelot has been so completely tamod as to be left 

 at liberty, and it it said to be capable of stronir attachment 

 to its master. Mr. Bennett states that the specimen in the 

 Tower, a male, was perfectly u'ood-tcmpered, cxcecilinsrly 

 fond of play, and had much of the diameter and ma. 

 of the domestic cat. Its food consisted principally of 

 rabbits and birds; the latter it plucked with irreat clex- 

 terity, and always commenced its meal with the 1 .id, of 

 which it seemed particularly fond : but it did not eat with 

 the ravenous avidity which characterizes nearly all the 

 animals of this tribe. 



The Owlot. 



< W///.V. F. Cuv.; The Chnti. Cfiiliiffinrzu of 

 I)'. l~ir r<i:' !'// i.\ ('hibigittizu, Desm. 



OK, About a third larger than the domestic 

 eat: length, exclusive of tail, rather more than two feet : 

 tail eleven inches, height to middle of back, about one 

 foot two indies. Ground-colour of fur on the upper 

 pale \ello\vish: on the lower, pure white: at the 

 dull grey, anil very thick and close. Body covered with ir- 

 regular dark patches : those upon the back entirely black 

 and disposed longitudinally in four rows; those upon the 

 sides surrounded with black, with the centres of a clear 

 fawn, arransrcd in nearly five row-. Spots upon the lower 

 pa it of the bodv, where the ground-colour of the fur is 

 white, full, and arranged in two lines composed of six or 

 'even patche- on each side. Limbs covered with nearly 

 round spots of smaller dimensions : on the fore-legs, near 

 the body, two transverse bauds. On the >rt of 



-'liar, and on the under-jaw two crescent-vliaj.ed 

 sp->ts. Behind cadi eve two bands about two ii 

 terminating Opposite the ear. Forehead bordered bv two 



between which are numerous spots. :md. at their 

 firi-rin, a blackish mark from which the whiskers spiing. 

 Outside of the ear. black, with a white spot upon the 

 small lobe. l!a-e ..f the- tail spotted with small blotches, 

 which towards the end run into half-rings, which are 

 broadest on the upper surface. 1'upil round. F. Cuv.) 

 This animal (a ten: i-'K gentle; and if 



frith whom it wa* familiar paisi or did not 



approach it, it w ss its discontent by a short cry. 



It manifested gr. when it was caressed. . It lived 



