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which is the Gorbacha, Dukhani, above mentioned. He states, " The 

 strongest marked difference of character that I observed was in the 

 skulls, that of the Honiga being longer and more pointed, with a 

 ridge running along the occiput, and much developed, for the at- 

 tachment of the muscles of the neck, while those of the Kerkal 

 were rounder, and the bony ridge was wanting. If this charac- 

 ter is universal and permanent, it will afford a good ground of 

 distinction." 



75. (Var. ]3.) FELIS MEL AS, Peron et Lesueur. (Dark 

 variety.) 



Felis melas, Desmar., Mamm. p. 223. 

 MACHAN KOOMBANG, of the Javanese. 

 HARIMAU KUMBANG, of the natives of Sumatra, and of the 

 Malays of the Peninsula, Dr. Cantor. 



A. HorsfieLTs Collection from Java. 



This is now uniformly admitted to be a black variety of the Felis 

 pardus. M. Temminck states (Monogr. I. p. 97), on the authority of 

 Professor Reinwardt and M. Kuhl, that both the common and black 

 Panther are in Java occasionally found in the same den. 



Sub-genus LEOPARDTJS, Gray. 



76. FELIS (LEOPARDUS) PARDOCHROUS, Hodgs. 



Felis pardochrous, Hodgs., Catal. of Mamm. of Nepal. Cal- 

 cutta Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 286. 



Felis nipalensis, Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I. p. 341, 

 X. p. 908, nee non bengalensis. Not Vig. and Horsf. 



Leopardus Ellioti, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. X. p. 260. Cat. 



Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 44. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 6. 

 HAB. Nepal and Tibet. 



A. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



B. A skin. From the same. 



77. FELIS (LEOPARDUS) HORSFIELDII, Gray, 



Ami. Nat. Hist. X.p. 260. 



HAB. Darjiling. 



A. Presented by J. T. Pearson, Esq. 



B. Presented by J. McClelland, Esq. 



