1906.] 



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and not at all on Cuvier's description and figure. The proper name 

 of the northern pale form of Felis pardalis is therefore Felis pardalis 

 albescens (Pucheran). 



MEASUREMENTS OF Felis pardalis albescens. 



(1) Nos. 3448 and 3450, Field Col. Mus., Achotal, Vera Cruz, Mex.; Felis pardalis Linn. 



(2) No. 3868, Field Col. Mus., Reforma, Oaxaca, Mex.; Felis catenata Ham. Smith. 



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Felis oregonensis aztecus (Merriam). 



Three specimens: Savinella, a mining camp 20 miles east of Escui- 

 napa, altitude about 3000 feet, young female, skin and skull, March 

 14; Los Pieles, 2 flat skins with skulls, April 19, 21. 



There are no external measurements. The female is not fully 

 adult. The skull of an old male measures as follows: Total length, 

 182; basal length, 150; zygomatic breadth, 133; mastoid breadth, 75; 

 length of upper carnassial, 22. Another adult skull, smaller and 

 probably a female: Total length, 167; basal length, 113 ; zygomatic 

 breadth, 70; upper carnassial, 21. 



In general coloration the three specimens differ but little, all 

 being pale fulvous brown on the sides, and more reddish brown 

 along the mid-dorsal area, in one with a slight mixture of blackish. 

 Ears black or blackish, narrowly edged with gray. 



