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BLACK TIGER. 



Felis Discolor. F. cauda elongata, corpore nigro, subtus albido. 



C. with long tail, and body black above, whitish below. 



Felis cauda elongata, corpore potissimum nigro. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Gmel. p. 79. 



Felis nigra. Erxleb. syst. mammal, p. $12. 

 Le Cougouar noir. Buff, svppl. 3. p. 223. pi. 42. 

 Jaguar or Black Tiger. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 290. pi. 58. 



THIS, like the former species, is a native of 

 America, and is considered as a very destructive 

 and ferocious animal. It is about the size of a 

 heifer of a year old; and is entirely of a deep 

 brownish-black colour on the upper parts, and 

 pale grey or whitish beneath : the upper lip and 

 the paws are also whitish : the tail is of the same 

 dusky colour with the body. 



MARGAY. 



Felis Tigrina. F. cauda elongata, corpore fuko nigro striato 

 maculatoqite, subtus albido. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 80. 



C. with long tail and fulvous body striped and spotted with 

 black, whitish beneath. 



Felis ex griseo flavescens, maculis nigris variegata. Briss. 

 Quadr. i. p. 193. 



Felis fera tigrina. Earr. Fr. equin. p. 152. 



Mergay. Buff. 13. p. 248. pi. 38. 



Cayenne Cat. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 292. 



THE Margay is a native of South America, and 

 is about the size of a common Cat. The ground- 

 colour is a bright tawny : the face striped down- 



