THE HIMALAYAN SERVAL. 231 



The girth round the body is 1 foot 7 inches ; the 

 height at the shoulder 1 foot 2 inches. The colour 

 of the upper parts of this animal are greybh-broWD, 

 which becomes paler towards the belly, and on the 

 lower parts is nearly pure white. Along the back 

 there are four rows of extremely elongated spots, 

 which run in stripes between the ears over the fore- 

 head ; upon the sides the spots become shorter and 

 more irregular in their lengthened distribution, and 

 upon the sides of the breast and limbs, are round 

 and smaller. A streak extends from the corner of the 

 eye upon the cheek, until in a line with the base of 

 the ear ; beneath it another streak of less length but 

 parallel to it The tail is obscurely ringed, with 

 eight or nine bars, all these dark markings are o 

 very deep chocolate brown. 



