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liiy. Skull of the Clouded Tiger from Pro. Zool. Soc 399 



170. The Fishing Cat (F. vivcrrina) after Elliot 402 



171. Skull of Fishing Cat from Pro. Zool. Soc ' '. ib. 



172. Skull of the Leopard-Cat from Pro. Zool. Soc 403 



173. The Marbled Tiger-Cat (F. viarmorata) 405 



174. Skull of Geoff roy's Cat from Pro. Zool. Soc. 411 



175. The Eyra (F. Eyra) 412 



176. The Rusty-spotted Cat (F. rw%?7ws) after Elliot 415 



177. The Flat-headed Cat {F.planiccps) after Elliot 418 



178. Skull of Flat-headed Cat from Pro. Zool. Soc. ib. 



179. The Manul (Jb\ Manid) from a specimen in the British Museum . . 423 



180. The Northern Lynx, variety^ 7 , maculata from a specimen in the British 



Museum 425 



181. The Cheetah (Cyna'lurusjubata') 428 



182. The young Cheetah ib. 



183. Skull of Cheetah (De Blainville) 429 



184. Skull of Macliccrodus smilodon (De Blainville) 433 



185. Skull and teeth of Hoploplwneus orcodontis (Cope) 434 



186. Skull of Nimrauus ~bracliyops (Cope) ib. 



187. Skull of Dmictu cyclops (Cope) . 435 



188. Skull of Archcslurus deb'dts (Cope) 436 



189. Skull of Pogonodon platycopis (Cope) 437 



190. Lower jaw and teeth of Eusmifas bidcntatus 438 



191. Skull of the Panda ( Ailurusfulgcm) from the Pro. Zool. Soc. . . 474 



192. Skull of the bear ( Ursus arctos) from the Pro. Zool. Soc 475 



193. Basis cranii of the bear. From Professor Flower's paper on the Carni- 



vora, Pro. Zool. Soc 476 



194. Vertical section of the tympanic cavity of the bear from Professor 



Flower's paper 477 



195. Skull of an Indian fox ( Vulpes bengalcnsis}~iyQm the Pro. Zool. Soc. . 478 



196. Basis cranii of wolf from Professor Flowers paper ib. 



197. Section of auditory bulla of dog from Professor Flower's paper . . 479 



198. Skull and dentition of Paradoxurus 6</wm from Pro. Zool. Soc. . . 480 



199. Basis cranii of civet from Professor Flower's paper .... 481 



200. Basis cranii of Paradoxure from the same paper ib. 



201. Basis cranii of ichneumon from the same paper 482 



202. Basis cranii of hyaena from the same paper 484 



203. External form of Cryptoprocta 485 



204. Skull of Cryptoprocta after Milne-Edwards ib. 



205. Basis cranii of Cryptoprocta from Professor Flower's paper . . 486 



206. The pads of the feet of Cryptoprocta after Milne-Edwards . . . ib. 



207. Basis cranii of tiger from Professor Flower's paper .... 487 



208. Section of tiger's auditory bulla (Fig. 36 repeated} 488 



209. Diagram of cat's possible pedigree 518 



