5,54 Mr. Such 07i some new BrazHian species 



Macrocelis would then be placed after the Panther, and lead the 

 way to the numerous series of small species or Wild-Cats. Se- 

 veral distinct kinds of painting or of external marks, in the genus 

 Felis, are exhibited on the ancient continent by the Lion, the 

 Tiger, the Panther, and the animal now described. To the 

 former or uniform coloured species the Puma or Couguar cor- 

 responds in America ; the Panther is strikingly represented 

 by the Jaguar. The Felis Macrocelis may be contrasted by 

 the Ocelot in various particulars. This animal is proportion- 

 ally less elevated on its legs than the large American species, 

 it has broad transverse marks on the shoulders, the lateral 

 discolourations are, in some degree, obliquely disposed, and a 

 striking resemblance is likewise afforded by the dark margin 

 which surrounds them. But this agreement of colour and marks 

 in the animals of the two continents, is too vague io afford any 

 illustration of the real affinity of our animal and of its place in the 

 genus. I must therefore conclude with the remark, that most 

 species of this genus, require a more careful examination, both of 

 form and habits, than they have hitherto received. The pecu- 

 liarities of the mode of life and manners of the Leopard, have by 

 no means been satisfactorily detailed hitherto. The Felis Par- 

 dalis, the Hunting-Leopard or Guepard, exhibits several striking 

 peculiarities of manners and of form, and among these the stiucture 

 of its claws requires particular notice. The peculiarities of the 

 Felis Macrocelis, which have been the subject of the preceding 

 details, are doubtless accommodated to its existence, in a wild 

 state, in the forests of Sumatra. 



Art. LXVII. Descriptions of some new Brazilian species 

 of the Family of Laniadcs, Bi/ George Such, Esq. 

 of Magdalen Hall^ Oxford. 



Having, during the hitter part of my residence in Brazil, di- 

 rected my attention to the subject of Ornithology, and having had 

 opportunities of collecting in different parts of the interior, parti- 



