70 PANTHER. LYNX. DOMESTIC CAT AMPHIBIA. 



the great forests of America ; his coat is yellow above, with black 

 spots in the form of eyes or rings, arranged in four rows along 

 the flanks, and white striped with black below. He is sometimes 



- distinguished under the name of American Tiger, and furriers 

 call him the Great Panther. 



76. The Panther, Felix I'nrdiix so remarkable for the beauty 

 of his yellow coat with black spots in the form of roses, is found 

 throughout Africa and in the warm parts of Asia, very much re- 

 sembles the Leopard, which inhabits the same regions. 



77. The name Lynx, F>-lis Lynx, The mountain cat is 

 given to another species of c;it, remarkable for the brush of hair 

 that tips the ears; it is about two feet and a half long to the 

 origin of the tail, which is from four to five inches in length ; its 

 coat is red, spotted with brownish red ; it is indigenous to tem- 

 perate Europe, but has almost entirely disappeared from populous 

 countries ; it is still met with in the Pyrenees, in the mountains 

 of the kingdom of Naples, and in Africa. It climbs the highest 

 trees of the forest, and there lies concealed among the branches 

 to watch the Weasel, Ermine, Squirrel, &c. It commits great 

 havoc amongst flocks, and destroys a great number of hares and 

 game : its sight is so piercing that the ancients attributed to it the 

 faculty of seeing through stone walls ; but we can say, that it 

 distinguishes its prey at a much greater distance than any other 

 carnivorous animal. 



78. The Common or Domestic Cat, Felis Catus, is origin- 

 ally from the forests of Europe. In its wild state, it is grayish 

 brown, with transverse undulating stripes of a deeper colour 

 above, and pale below ; the inside of the thighs and the four paws 

 yellowish, and the tail annulated with black. When domesticated 

 it varies in the colour, fineness, and length of its hairs, as every 

 body knows. 



Ti the of Amphibia. 



79. The third tribe of tne family of Carnivora comprises ani- 

 mals which, capable of being submerged for a long time and 

 having a body favourably organised for natation, keep them- 



* selves most generally in the sea, although they have a constant 

 necessity for respiring the air. These animals have been named 

 A ini>kil>i<i, on account of their mode of life; their feet are so 

 short and so enveloped in the skin that they serve them on land 



76. What is the Panther? 



77. What are the habits and character of the Lynx ? 



78. What i the orijrifi of the domestic Cat ? 



79. What are Amphibia ? What families are included in the tn'>e of 

 Amphibia? 



