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} tin turns. F. Cuvij?ii* 

 PLATE XIV. FEMALE. 



' Le chati femelle, Felis mitis, Fred. Cuvier, Histoire Na- 

 turelle des Mammiferes. Felis chati, Temminck, Mono- 

 graphics, p. 150 Felis chibigouazou, Desmarest, Mam- 

 malogie, p. 221. 



THE first modern notice of this beautiful species 

 is in the magnificent work of Frederic Cuvier, who 

 gave his figure and description from a living speci- 

 men in the Paris Menagerie, and which has been 

 now used for our illustration. This also served Des- 

 marest for his descriptive letter-press to the Encyclo- 

 pedic Methodique, but he identifies it with the Chi- 

 bigouazou of Azara, while Temminck, who uses 

 much of the same materials for his " Monographies," 

 considers it distinct from that animal, and completes 

 his description from a skin which he received from 

 Rio de Janeiro, and thus to a certain extent fixes 

 the locality of the animal, of which Frederic Cuvier 

 was ignorant. 



Being unable to see specimens of this animal, we 

 nave followed Frederic Cuvier, arid give his description 

 of the female. It was procured alive from a dealef 



