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4583. The left carpus and metacarpus, with the distal epiphyses of the radius and 

 ulna, of the Cheetah (Felis jubata). 



The bones of the carpus are indicated by the following letters : s and I are the connate 

 scaphoides and lunare ; cu is the cuneifonne ; p, the pisifonne ; t, the trapezium, which gives an 

 articulation to the ulnar side of the base of the short metacarpus of the pollex ; z, the trape- 

 zoides ; m, the magnum, which is here the least of the carpal bones ; u, the unciforme, which 

 supports, as usual, the metacarpals of the fourth and fifth digits. The pisifonne, p, projects 

 far backwards, like a small calcaneum : there is a supplementary ossicle wedged in the inter- 

 space between the prominent end of the scapho-lunar bone and the proximal end of the meta- 

 carpal of the pollex. 



Prepared from a specimen which died in the Zoological Gardens of London. 



4584. The left tarsus and metatarsus, with the distal epiphyses of the tibia and fibula, 

 of the same Cheetah (Felis jubata). 



The initial letters indicate the names of the tarsal bones : a is the astragalus ; c, the sca- 

 phoides ; cl, the calcaneum ; cb, the cuboides, which, like the unciforme in the carpus, supports 

 the two outer digits ; ce is the cuneifonne externum, which, like the magnum, supports the 

 middle digits ; cm is the cuneifonne medium, which, like the trapezoides, supports the second 

 digit ; and is the cuneifonne internum, which supports the rudiment of the metatarsal of 

 the first or innermost digit. 



Prepared from a specimen which died in the Zoological Gardens of London. 



4585. The skeleton of a species of Felis, about the size of a Leopard. 



This is attributed, in the ' Osteological Catalogue' of 1831, p. 63, to a " small Indian 

 Tiger which died in the Menagerie in Exeter Change." The nasal processes of the maxillary 

 are truncated, as in the Tiger, but the difference of size in the skull and teeth seems too great 

 for a mere variety of that species. The canines show a single, faint, longitudinal groove on 

 the outer side. The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 13 dorsal, 7 lumbar, 3 sacral, and 

 23 caudal : and the other characters of the skeleton are conformable to those of the feline 



genus. 



Purchased. 



4586. The skull of a species of Felis called 'Leopard' in the MSS. memorandum 

 attached ; and, therefore, probably a spotted species. 



This skull is smaller than that of the Leopard, and is longer and more slender than that of 

 the Cheetah : it is larger than that of the Serval (Felt* Sercal), and has a straighter lower 

 jaw. It is chiefly remarkable for fhe contraction of the anterior part of the cranium, and for 

 the narrowness of the frontal platform. The nasal processes of the maxillaries are rounded, 

 and terminate on the same transverse line with the nasals : the interposed angles of the frontal 

 are short. The premaxillaries do not reach quite half way up the nasals. The crowns of the 



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