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THE BLACK TIGER, OR BLACK 

 LEOPARD. 



(Lc Cong nar tioir, Buff.) 



DIFFERS from the former chiefly in the colour, 

 which is dusky, sometimes spotted with black, but 

 generally plain. The throat, belly, and inside of 

 the legs, are of a pale ash colour ; the upper lip 

 white, furnished with long whiskers : above each 

 eye it has very long hairs ; and at the corner of the 

 mouth a black spot : its paws are white ; and its 

 ears sharp and pointed. 



It grows, it is said, to the size of a Heifer of a 

 year old, and has great strength in its limbs. 



It inhabits Brazil and Guiana, is a cruel and 

 fierce animal, much dreaded by the Indians; but 

 fortunately the species is not numerous. 



M. de la Borde, in his description of these 

 animals, says, that they frequent the sea-shore, and 

 eat the eggs deposited there by the Turtles. They 

 likewise eat Caimans or Alligators, Lizards, and 



