FERjE. THE CAT TRIBE. 



1. The wild Cat. Tail with dusky rings, body marked 

 with dusky stripes, of which three on the top of the back 

 are disposed longitudinally, whilst those on the sides are 

 transverse, and somewhat curved. Felis catus ferus. 

 Linn. 



Size about four times as large as that of the Common Cat. Head 

 proportionally more thick: face flatter; and all the limbs much 

 more strong. Teeth and claws of tremendous size. 



Colour generally pale yellowish grey, with dusky stripes; those on 

 the back extending lengthwise, and those on the sides being trans- 

 verse and somewhat curved. In different parts of Europe, the co- 

 lours of the Wild Cat somewhat vary; but all the animals are more 

 or less striped, and in no instance have been seen spotted, like many 

 of the domestic kinds. 



Tail thick, not of great length, and marked throughout with 

 dusky rings: the end always tipped with black. Lips, tip of nose, 

 and hinder part of lower joints of legs black. Fur always soft and 

 fine. W. B. 



Not uncommon in the woods of Scotland and Ireland, and of some 

 of the northern parts of England. 



Felis caudd elongatd, fusco annulatd, corpore fasciis 

 nigricantibus, dorsalibus longitudinalibus tribus, lateralibus 

 $piralibus.~~ Felis (catus) ferus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 gen. 13, sp. 6, var. . i. p. 80. Erxleben, Syst. regn. ani- 

 mal, gen. 44, sp. 12, p. 518. 



Felis silvestris. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 265. 



Catus silvestris ferus, velferalis, eques arborum. Klein, 

 quad. desp. p. 75. 



Felis catus. Wild Cat. Turton, i. p. 49. Kerr, 

 p. 153. 



Felis silvestris. Gesner. p. 325. Ruysch, i. pa. JL 

 p. 127. tab. 72. 



Le Chat sauvage. Buff. Sonn. xxiv. p. 18, pi. 2, fig. 1. 



Wild 



