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F. leo, Lin. (The Lion.) Distinguished by its uniform 

 tawny colour, the tuft of hair at the end of the tail, and 

 the flowing mane which clothes the head, neck, and 

 shoulders of the male. Of all beasts of prey this is 

 the strongest and most courageous. Formerly scattered 

 through the three parts of the old world, it seems at 

 present to be confined to Africa and some of the neigh- 

 bouring parts of Asia. The head of the Lion is more 

 square than that of the following species. 



Tigers are a large, short-haired species, most commonly marked with vivid 

 spots. 



F. tigris, Buffi (The Royal Tiger.) As large as the lion, but the body is 

 longer, and the head rounder ; of a lively fawn colour above ; a pure white 

 below, irregularly crossed with black stripes ; the most cruel of all quadrupeds, 

 and the scourge of the East Indies. Such is his strength and the velocity of 

 his movements, that during the march of armies he has been seen to seize a 

 soldier, while on horseback, and bear him to the depths of the forest, without 

 affording a possibility of rescue. 



F. onca, Lin. (The Jaguar.) Nearly the size of the royal tiger, and 

 almost as dangerous; a bright fawn colour above; the flank longitudinally 

 marked with four rows of occillated spots, that is, with rings more or less com- 

 plete, having a black point in the middle; white beneath, transversely striped 

 with black. Sometimes individual specimens are found black, whose rings, of 

 a deeper hue, are only perceptible in a particular light. 



F. pardus, Lin. ; the Pardalis of the ancients. (The Panther.) Fawn- 

 coloured above ; white beneath ; with six or seven rows of black spots, resem - 

 bling roses, that is, formed by the assemblage of five or six simple spots on 

 on each flank ; the tail is the length of the body, minus that of the head. This 

 species is scattered throughout Africa, Southern Asia, and the Indian 

 Archipelago, 



F. leopardus, Lin. (The Leopard.) From Africa ; similar to the Panther, but 

 has ten rows of smaller spots. 



F. discolor, Lin.; Buff. (The Couguar or Puma.) Red, with small spots of 

 a slightly deeper red, which are not easily perceived. From both Americas, 

 where it preys on sheep, deer, &c. 



Among the inferior species, we should distinguish the Lynxes, which are 

 remarkable for the pencils of hair which ornament their ears. Four or five 

 different kinds of them are known in commerce. The most beautiful, which 

 are as large as the Wolf (F.cervaria, Temm.), come from Asia by the way 

 of Russia, and have a slightly reddish-grey fur, finely spotted with black. 



Others from Canada and the north of Sweden (F. borealis, Temm.), have 

 the fur very much tufted, extending even under the feet; of an ash- coloured 

 grey, and with scarcely any spots. We find also in North America the 



F. rufa, Giild. (The Bay Lynx.) A reddish fawn or greyish colour, 

 mottled with brown ; brown waves on the thighs ; tail annulated with black or 

 brown; rather smaller than the Lynx. 



