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color from Nipal, and P. maculosm from Tenasserira ; the head and 

 body of the latter measuring from 18 to 20 inches in length. 

 Speaking of P. pardicol&r, Mr. Hodgson observes that it is " equally 

 at home on trees and on the ground ; it dwells and breeds in the 

 hollows of decayed trees. It is not gregarious at all, and preys 

 chiefly upon small birds, which it is wont to pounce upon from the 



Fio. 238. The African Linsang (Poiana poisnsis). From Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18S2, p. 160. 



cover of the grass. The times of breeding are said to be February 

 and August, and the litter to consist of two young, there being two 

 litters each year." 



Poiana. 1 This African genus, represented solely by one species, 

 P. poensis (Fig. 238), from Fernando Po, is very closely allied to 

 the preceding, but the spots are smaller, and show no tendency to 

 run into transverse bands or stripes, except in the region of the 

 head and shoulder ; while the sole of the foot has a narrow bald 

 band running up towards the tarsus, as in Genetfa. The length 



1 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 520. 



