BENGAL CAT. 36l 



the 'Nnussi described by Labat, who calls it a 

 sort of wild Cat of the size of a Dog, with a coat 

 striped and varied like that of a Tiger. The 

 length of a skin measured by Mr. Pennant was 

 near three feet from nose to tail ; but Dr. Forster's 

 specimen seems to have been much smaller. The 

 head, however, figured in Mr. Miller's plate seems 

 to agree with the size mentioned by Mr. Pennant. 

 Mr. Miller's figure represents this animal ex- 

 tremely brilliant in colour, viz. of the brightest 

 fulvous yellow, with jet-black stripes and spots : the 

 chin, throat, and breast, pale ash-colour: along 

 the back are black stripes : on the sides of the 

 neck, and on the breast, numerous small crescent- 

 shaped spots pointing upwards : on the legs nu- 

 merous roundish spots ; and the tail very strongly 

 and distinctly annulated with black and yellow. 



BENGAL CAT. 

 Bengal Cat. Pennant Quad/! i.p. 292. 



THIS, which is described by Mr. Pennant from 

 a living specimen, is rather less than a common 

 Cat, and more elegantly made. Colour of the 

 head, upper jaw, and sides of the neck, back, and 

 sides, a beautiful pale yellowish-brown : the head 

 and face striped downwards with black: along 

 the back three rows of short stripes of the same 

 colour, pointing towards the tail: behind each 

 shoulder, to the belly, is a black line : chin and 



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