APPENDICES 351 



APPENDIX B 



IN addition to the Cats mentioned in Part I., the following are also from Mr. 

 Elliot's monograph of the Felidce. They will serve to emphasise the fact that 

 stripes originate in a fusion of spots. 



No. i. Bushy tailed red spotted Cat (Felts Eupttlura). Grey, spotted 

 orange-brown ; chest transversely barred ; the spots are like solid distorted 

 rosettes ; the abdomen is pale, and the tail is ringed. 



No. 2. Bokhara Chaus (F. Caudatd). Bluish grey, trimmed with yellow, 

 and spotted with black ; abdomen pale, and tail ringed. 



No. 3. Siberian Lynx (F. Cervarid). Grey, spotted with, black ; abdomen 

 pale, and tail half ringed and half black. 



No. 4. Spanish Lynx (F. Pardind). Leopard colour, spotted with black ; 

 the abdomen is pale. 



No. 5. Painted Cat (F. Scriptd). Olive-grey with black distorted rosettes ; 

 abdomen pale, and tail ringed. 



No. 6. Little red spotted Cat (F. Javensis). Leopard colour or grey, 

 spotted and barred brown ; abdomen pale ; and tail ringed or spotted. 



No. 7. Shaw's Cat (F. Shawiand). Of a dark Leopard colour, spotted 

 with black ; abdomen pale, and tail ringed. 



No. 8. Bay Lynx, or American wild Cat (F. Rufd). Bluish-grey, resetted 

 and spotted with black ; abdomen pale, and the short tail partly ringed. 



No. 9. European wild Cat (F. Catus). Olive-brown, trimmed with yellow 

 and striped black, Tiger-fashion ; tail ringed. 



No. 10. Molina's Guiana Cat (F. Colocolo). Whitish-grey, broadly striped 

 brown ; abdomen pale, and tail ringed. 



No. n. Pallas's Tibetan Cat (F. Manul}. Yellowish -grey; loins, haunches, 

 and fore-legs barred ; hands and feet yellow ; tail ringed. 



No. 12. Chaus (F. Chaus). Brownish-grey, almost plain, with transverse 

 stripes on chest and legs ; abdomen yellow, and tail ringed. 



No. 13. Caracal (F. Caracal). Rich brown, with only vestigial striping in 

 parts ; abdomen pale. 



No. 14. Little Malayan red Cat (F. Planiceps). Greyish-brown, with 

 vestigial stripes ; spotted on the abdomen, which is pale, and barred on the 

 legs. 



