180 ORDER V. 



eyes vivid, greenish ; black spot at the angle of the 

 mouth continued on the lower jaw. Compared 

 with the specimen of Black Jaguar in the Museum 

 of the Prince of Wied, the head is much smaller, 

 the stature higher, and the form more slender. 

 The Black Jaguar has, besides, well denned jaguar 

 spots and markings all over the body, still darker 

 than the brownish black of the main colour, and is 

 destitute of any white. 



In the genus FELIS, Auctorum, or Spotted Cats, 

 we think that a distinct variety of Panther has not 

 received due consideration by naturalists, excepting 

 by Ehrenberg. It is the Nimr or Syrian Panther (not 

 Leopard), with little more than three rows of irre- 

 gular roses or circles of spots, and the lower flanks 

 marked with single, or with sets of open spots ; 

 jowl, throat, breast, abdomen, and inside of the 

 limbs, white ; the tawny colour of the back much 

 mixed with longer whitish hairs. A reverend friend, 

 well known for his long residence in Asia Minor, 

 informed us, that he was present at the measure- 

 ment of one recently killed, which, from nose to tip 

 of tail, amounted to the length of thirteen times the 

 heavy shoes of a tall and powerful native shepherd ! 

 The animal stands high on the legs, has the tail 

 longer than the body, and the head proportionably 

 smaller than the common panther. It is found in the 

 snowy peaks of Ida, above the plains of Troy, and 

 occupies all the high ranges of Natolia, and south- 

 ward of Libanus. We take this to mark the transi- 

 tion to a subordinate group of large Felinae, of which 



