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**** Middle-sized, generally covered with stripes and spots ; 

 tail usually long. 



Felis pardahs. — The Ocelot.— Plate XIII. fig. 7.— De- 

 scribed, vol. II. p. 177 and 181. 



***** Middle-sized, legs long ; ears broad, long, and lie' 

 quently tipped with a pencil of hairs ; three upper grinders not 

 tubercuJated. 



Felis lynx. — The Lynx. — Plate XIII. fig. 10. — Described, 

 vol. II. p. 179 and 184. 



****** Small ears not pencilled ; legs shorter than former 

 division. 



Felis serval. — The Serval. — Plate XIIL fig. 6.— Described, 

 vol. II. p. 179 and 183. 



Felis tigrina — The Margay. — Plate XIII. fig. 8. — Fur on 

 the upper parts of the body yellowish-gray; four black lines 

 pass from the vertex of the shoulders, where they change into a 

 series of streaks ; under parts white ; tail irregularly animlated. 

 Inhabits Brazil. 



Felis catus. — The Domestic Cat. — Plate XIII. fig. 9. — Fur 

 generally whitish-gray above, with clouds and streaks ; beneath 

 white. Inhabits, in a wild state, the forests of Europe. 



Family III. — Amphibia. 



Feet short, enveloped in the skin, shaped like fins, and adapt 

 fd for swimming; hind ones horizontal. Incisory teeth vari- 

 able ; often four, and sometimes six, above, and from two to 

 four in the under jaw. 



Genus 59. — Phoca. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character. — The teeth of this genus vary much in 

 the different species. The incisory teeth are ^■, or ^', or ;| ; differ- 

 ing also in form ; canine teeth }-}, strong, conical, and slightly 

 curved ; grinders ^-s, or ^-f, or s^J ; total 30, 3i, 36, or 38. 

 The grinders are all cutting or conical ; the head round, snout 

 elongated, with strong mustachios ; the nostrils capable of being 

 completely closed ; eyes large ; no external ears ; feet with five 

 toes J the anterior extremities having a fin-like hand, and the 



