124 FELIS. 



nasals, 55; zygomatic width, 124; least width of nasals, 14; width of 

 anterior nares, 27; length of anterior nares, 31; length of lower tooth 

 row from back of first molar to front of canine, 69; length of upper 

 tooth row, 60; length of ramus of lower jaw from condyle to base of 

 incisor, 1.125; width between postorbital processes of parietals, 68; 

 greatest width of palate outside tooth row, 76." 



Felis pirrensis Goldman. 



Felis pirrensis Goldm., Smith. Misc. Coll., LXIII, 1914, p. 4. 



Type locality. Cana, eastern Panama. Altitude 2000 feet. 



Genl. Char. Size large, markings both stripes and spots. 



Color. Upperparts, the ground color is ochraceous tawny, palest 

 on head; sides cinnamon -buff; Upperparts heavily lined and spotted 

 with black, Jhe black spots forming rosettes with tawny centers; the 

 usual three black lines on hind neck; heavy black diagonal stripes on 

 shoulders ; two narrow black lines on middle of back near root of tail ; 

 outer side of limbs cinnamon-buff, spotted with black; underparts 

 white, with a black bar across throat and another on neck; abdomen 

 heavily spotted with black; feet buffy gray, with small, black mark- 

 ings; ears black, with white submarginal spots and buffy edges; tail 

 above buff and beneath white encircled with numerous irregular broad 

 black rings. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 963; tail, 440; hind foot, 131.5. 

 Skull: Total length, 99.6; Hensel, 83.8; zygomatic width, 62.8; in- 

 ter temporal width, 18.5; length of nasals, 17.6; greatest breadth of 

 nasals, 13; palatal length, 38.5; length of upper molar series, 22.7; 

 alveolar length of upper carnassial, n.6; length of mandible, 62; 

 length of lower molar series, 22.4. Ex type in United States National 

 Museum. 



Felis pardalis albescens Pucheran. 



Felis albescens Pucheran, Voy. de la Venus, Zool., 1855, p. 149. 



Type locality. Arkansas. Type in Paris Museum. 



In the Monograph of the Felidse, I placed this form among the 

 synonyms of F. pardalis, but it has lately been recognized as a sub- 

 species. There are three mounted specimens in the Paris Museum 

 alike neither in size nor in pattern of their markings. It is a pale 

 style of F. pardalis, and if it can be shown to have a special distinction 

 from that of the parent species, it might stand as a subspecies, as these 

 are recognized at present. It cannot be said, however, that this has 

 as yet been accomplished. 



