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tively common. In a black skin from South Africa in the British Museum the 
spots are distinctly visible when the skin is viewed in certain lights. 
Omitting mention of certain little-known species of cats from Western Africa, 
such as the golden-haired cat (Felis rutila) of Sierra Leone and the Gambia, the 
THE SERVAL (3 nat. size). 
erey African cat (F. neglecta) from the Gambia, and the servaline cat (F. servalina) 
from Sierra Leone, we proceed to the consideration of two small Asiatic species. 
Tue Rusty-SporreD Cat (Felis rubiginosa). 
It is somewhat remarkable that as India is inhabited by the two largest living 
representatives of the Cat family, so it also includes the smallest member of the 
group. The species which has the honour of occupying the latter position is the 
pretty little animal known as the rusty-spotted cat, which 1s of somewhat smaller 
dimensions than an average domestic cat. Its general ground-colour is ruddy-grey, 
passing into white below, while the body and limbs, but not the tail, are spotted. 
