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(felis colocok<) are hvo species of wild-Cati 

 which inhabit /he forests. They resemble the 

 doines(ic cat, but have a larger head and tail. 

 Tlie guigna is of a fawn coloiir, marked with 

 round black spots about five lines in diameter, 

 extending along- the back to the end of the tail. 

 The coloculo has a white bodv, marked with 

 irregular black and yellow spots, and the tail is 

 encircled with black rings. They prey upon 

 mice and birds, and sometimes ave seen near 

 conntry-houses, whither they are attracted by the 

 pouliry. I have been informed by some of the 

 inliabitants that there arc several other species of 

 the v/iid-cat, but I have seen only the two de- 

 scribed above. 



The ficigi (fclir, puma) called by the Mexi- 

 cans milzii, and in Peru puma, the name by 

 which it is best known to iiaturalists, has by the 

 Spaniards been denominated the lion, which it 

 resembles in its shape and its roaring, but is 

 wholly destitute of a mane. The hair on the 

 upper part of i(s body h of a greyish ssh-colour, 

 marked wiili yellow ppots, arsd is longer tl an that 

 of the tiger, particuiarly on the bultocks, but 

 that on the belly is of a dusky while. Its length 

 from the nose to the root of the tail is about five 

 feet, and its height from t:;e bottom of the foot 

 to the shoulder twenty- six and a half inches. It 

 has a round head shaped mucii like that of a cat, 

 the curs are .short and pointed, the eyes large with 



