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THE COLOCOLO. 



vessel dropped down the river, it passed under overhanging boughs of large trees, on 

 which rested numerous monkeys. Generally, when a boat passes along a river, the 

 monkeys which inhabit the trees that border its banks display great curiosity, and run 

 along the boughs so as to obtain as close a view as possible of the strange visitant. 

 Before the Colocolo had been killed, the passage of the boat had been attended as 

 usual by the inquisitive monkeys, but when the stuffed skin was exhibited on the awn- 

 ing the monkeys were horribly alarmed, and, instead of approaching the vessel as they 

 had before done, trooped off with prodigious yells of terror and rage. From this uni- 

 versal fear which the sight of the animal occasioned to the monkeys, it may be con- 

 jectured that the Colocolo, like the jaguar, the puma, and the ocelots, is in the habit 

 of procuring its food at the cost of the monkey tribes. 



The head of this animal is peculiarly flat and broad, and the ears are large and 

 rounded. In its general aspect, it bears a slight resemblance to the contour of the 

 serval. 



COLOCOLO. Leopardus ferox. 



THE pretty cat-like Leopard, which is known by the name of KUICHUA, is an inhab- 

 itant of Brazil, where it appears to be of very rare occurrence. It is chiefly remark- 

 able for its beautiful tail, which, as will be seen from the engraving, is extremely long, 

 very bushy, and boldly marked with black semi-rings upon an ochery-gray ground. 

 The markings of the body are variable, as is the case with most of the Leopards, 

 sometimes falling into solid or hollow spots, and sometimes coalescing until they form 

 interrupted streaks. The face of the Kuichua is very short, and the neck long and 

 thin. The very appropriate name, Macrourus, is a compound of two Greeks words, 

 signifying long-tailed. 



ALTHOUGH so gentle in its demeanor when domesticated as to have earned for itself 

 the name of " Mitis" or " placid," the Chati is, when wild, a sufficiently destructive 

 animal. It is not quite so large as the ocelots, with which creatures it is a compatriot. 



The color of the Chati resembles that of the leopard, only is paler in general hue. 

 The dark patches that diversify the body are very irregular those which run along the 

 back are solid, and of a deep black, while those which are placed along the sides have 

 generally a deep fawn-colored centre. Towards the extremity of the tail, the spots change 



