MR. HODGSON'S COLLECTION. 



The CAT. Felis domestica, Brisson. Gray, C. Mam. 44. Do- 

 mestic Cat, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 341, xi. 1842, 276. 

 Inhab. Thibet, Lassa. 



a. A skin of a white domestic cat, wants tail. 



b. A skin of a yellowish and white domestic specimen, wants tail. 



c. A skin of a black domestic specimen, in a bad state. 



d. A skull. 



The CHAUS. Chaus Libycus, Gray, Cat. Mam. 45. Felis 

 Lybicus, Olivier. F. Catolynx, Pallas, Z. R. As. i. 23. F. affi- 

 nis, Gray, Illust. Ind. Zool. F. Kutas, Pearson. F. Chaus, Hodgs. 

 J. A. S". B, i. 341. Lynchus erythrotus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v. 

 1886, 233 (desc.), x. 218. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 286. 



Inhab. Nepal, Tarai, and all the three regions, abundant. 



a. A skull of an adult. 



b. An imperfect skull of a young specimen. 



c e. Three different ages, adult, half grown and young. 

 /. A drawing of adult, with details of head, t. 31 . 

 g. Copy oft. 31 with young, t. 32. 

 h. Copy of t. 32, t. 33. 



The LYNX. Lyncus vulgaris, Hodgs. MSS. Icon. ined. Felis 

 Lynx, Linn. S, N. i. 62. Pallas, Z. R. A. i. 28. F. Lynchus, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. 1842, xi. 276. Lynx, Buffon, H. N. ix. 231, 

 t. Lynchus Europaeus vel vulgaris, Hodgs. I. c. 275. 



Inhab. Thibet, common. 



a. A skin without skull, nose imperfect. 



b. A drawing of adult, one-sixth the natural size, t. 30. 



c. VIVERRINA. 



The ZIBETH. Viverra Zibetha, Linn. Gray, Cat. Mam. 47. 

 V. undulata, Gray, Spic. Zool. t. 8. Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1834, 96. 

 Viverra, Hodgs. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 287. Civet or Zibet, Hodgs. 

 J. A. S. B. i. 340. 



Inhab. Nepal, Tarai and the hills and Thibet. 



Var. 1 . With the waved marks indistinct. 



Viverra melanura, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 919. Calc. J. N. 



H. iv. 287. V. orientals, Hodgs. Calc. J. N. H. ii. 47, 1. 1,/. 5. 



V. undulata, Gray, 

 ac. Three specimens, not in good state. 



Var. 2. The waved marks more distinct. 



V. Civettoides, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. x. 919, xi. 184, 279, iv. 



287. Calc. J. N. H. ii. 63. 



d. A flat skin in a bad state. 



e. A young specimen in a very bad state. 



Viverra Zibetha, Hodgson. 



