APPENDIX. 



THE PUMA, OB LION OF AMERICA. 



THE following passage occurs in an article on "The 

 Naturalist in La Plata," by the late Professor Eomanes, 

 which appeared in the Nineteenth Century, May, 1893. 

 After quoting the account of the puma's habits and character 

 given in the book, the writer says : " I have received 

 corroboration touching all these points from a gentleman 

 who, when walking alone and unarmed on the skirts of a 

 forest, was greatly alarmed by a large puma coining out to 

 meet him. Deeming it best not to stand, he advanced to 

 meet the animal, which thereupon began to gambol around 

 his feet and rub against his legs, after the manner of an 

 affectionate cat. At first he thought these movements must 

 have been preliminary to some peculiar mode of attack, and 

 therefore he did not respond, but walked quietly on, until 

 the puma suddenly desisted and re-entered the forest. This 

 gentleman says that, until the publication of Mr. Hudson's 

 book, he had always remained under the impression that 

 that particular puma must have been insane." 



Music AND DANCING IN NATURE. 



I have found among my papers the following mislaid note 

 on the subject of sportive displays of mammalians, which 

 should have been used on page 281, where the subject is 

 briefly treated : Most mammalians are comparatively silent 

 and live on the ground, and not having the power to escape 



