362 MANUL. 



throat white, surrounded with a semicircle of 

 black: breast, belly, and inside of limbs, white: 

 the spots on those parts, the legs, and rump, 

 round : tail long, full of hair, brown and annu- 

 lated with black. 



Native of Bengal. This animal produced a 

 mixed breed with the common Cat; the offspring 

 being marked in a nearly similar manner, but on 

 a cinereous ground. This species has no dread 

 of water, but will readily plunge into it and swim. 



MANUL. 



Felis Manul. F. cauda elongata, nigro-annulata, capite punctis et 

 fasciis duabus lateralibus nigris insignito. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Gmel. p. 8 1. Pall. itin. 3. p. 692. 

 C. with elongated tail annulated with black, and the head 



marked with spots and two lateral bands of black. 

 Manul. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 294. 



THIS species inhabits the middle part of north- 

 ern Asia, and was first described by Dr. Pallas. 

 It is of the size of a Fox, and is of a strong and 

 robust make. Its colour is tawny, but the crown 

 of the head is speckled with black, and the cheeks 

 are marked by two dusky lines running obliquely 

 from the eyes : the feet are striped obscurely with 

 dark lines: the tail is longer than that of a do- 

 mestic Cat, and is thickly beset with hair, and 

 encircled with ten black rings, of which the three 

 next to the tip are placed so near as almost to 

 touch each other. 



