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the eye is peculiar in having its transverse diameter in excess of the 

 vertical, and there are certain distinctive peculiarites in connection with 

 the teeth. 



THE LION 

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A pair of lion cubs brought to England by Mr. H. G. Barclay 

 in the spring of 1911 from British East Africa retained the spots in 

 a more pronounced degree in the female than in male when about 

 ten months old, and accordingly indicate that the lion of that district 

 is either identical with or closely related to the Masai race of German 

 East Africa. 



As the name Felis capensis was used in 1781 by Forster, and 

 again by Gmelin in 1788, for the serval, Mr. N. Hollister suggests 

 (Proc. BioL Soc. Washington, vol. xxiii. p. 123) that the Cape lion 

 should be known as F. leo melanochaetus, a name given (as melanocJiaitus] 

 by Colonel Hamilton Smith in 1858. 



THE SERVAL 

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In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for 1910 (ser. 8, 

 vol. v. pp. 205, 206), Mr R. C. Wroughton, who employs for the 

 species the name Felis capensis, as being earlier than F. serval, 

 described three new races of the serval, namely, F. s. hindei from 

 East Africa, F. s. kempt from the Elgon district, and F. s. beirae from 

 Beira. The first of these (hindei), typically from Mashakos, is 

 characterised by its long silky fur, heavy, broad markings, and small 

 size, the length of the head and body being about 25^ inches; kempi 

 is darker- coloured, with finer markings, and of rather larger size, the 

 length being about 30^ inches ; beirae is largest of all, measuring 

 about 33 inches in length, and is further characterised by the 

 narrowness of the lines down the middle of the back, which are much 

 broken up, and also by the small size and abundance of the black 

 spots. The skull and teeth are relatively stout. 



