WILD CAT. jgi 



nences, one under the last joint of each toe, and a 

 small papilliform eminence under the carpal joint ; 

 on that of the hind toe a three-lobed, and four 

 digital oblong prominences, The body is long, 

 compressed, rather slender; the tail long, slender, 

 and tapering, but owing to the length of the hair 

 upon it seeming thick, cylindrical, and generally as 

 broad towards the end as at the base, although often 

 narrowed at the tip. There are four rows of long 

 white mystachial bristles ; two or three of the upper 

 row black. Five or six supra-ocular bristles, which 

 are white, the uppermost, however, black ; three or 

 four smaller white bristles a little behind the angle 

 of the mouth, and a like pencil half an inch above it. 

 The fur is thick, long, and soft, the pile or long 

 hairs slender and taper-pointed. The hair on the 

 muzzle and feet beyond the tarsal and carpal joints, 

 as well as on the ears and pudic region, is short ; 

 that of the lower parts in general, and of the pos- 

 terior abdominal region in particular, longest. 



The teeth are white, the eyes hazel, the snout 

 dark flesh-coloured, the bare prominences of the 

 soles black. The general colour of the fur on the 

 upper and lateral parts is pale reddish-brown, nearly 

 unmixed on the muzzle and paws. Between the 

 eyes, four tortuous brownish-black lines commence, 

 narrow and close together at first, and proceed 

 diverging and becoming broader, to the lower part 

 of the neck. Between the scapulae commence three 

 black lines, the lateral of which curve, and are 

 continued over the sides, while the central, running 



