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of the ihighs, near the abdomen, is marked with 

 broad spots, forming on each thigh several inter- 

 rupted lines ; below these small dots are irregularly 

 scattered. The feet are uniformly grey. The tail 

 is marked with less regularity in the Felis macrocelis 

 than in most other species of this genus : on the 

 base, and beyond one- third of its length, the paral- 

 lel longitudinal bands are continued ; the upper por- 

 tion of this organ is covered with broad black bands, 

 not regularly disposed ; the under part, near the 

 base, has several broad black spots, which meet the 

 superior bands, but without regularity ; beyond the 

 middle of the tail, the bands have an oblique dispo- 

 sition, and they are gradually obscured and lost to- 

 wards the extremity, where this organ has a greyish 

 tint, with a slight admixture of tawny. The claws 

 are robust : they are completely retractile, as in 

 other species of this genus, and of a pale horny co- 

 lour. The irides are yellowish. 



" The surface of the large marks of the Felis ma- 

 crocelis is covered with a mixture of grey and black 

 hairs, among which small black dots are distributed ; 

 the anterior margin is in most cases without any de- 

 fined boundary, while a distinguishing character of 

 our animal is afforded by a deep velvet-black mar- 

 gin, which confines the spots posteriorly." 



The Felis macrocelis seems to be of a less mis- 

 chievous disposition than many of the other cats 

 Jn the forests of Sumatra, it lives much upon the 

 trees, pursuing and feeding on birds ; and it is said 



