52 MESSRS. DANFORD AND ALSTON ON [Feb. 3. 



the south and south-western mountains near the coast. An adult 

 female specimen, the skeleton of which is now in the British Museum, 

 was procured in the Giaour Dagh near Osmanieh on the 20th Jan. ; 

 it measured in the flesh : — 



inches. 



Length of head and body 59 



Length of tail , 37 



Height at shoulder 26 



6. *Felis catus, Linn. Taban-lecU. D. & A., no. 5. 



A Wild Cat from the mountains near Marash is strikingly dif- 

 ferent from the Zebil specimens described in our previous paper. 

 Instead of being of an unusually clear grey ground-colour, marked 

 with distinct dark spots, the present example is very tawny in 

 general tint, faintly but regularly brindled with a darker rufous- 

 grey. There is a distinct black stripe along the upper surface of 

 the tail, the rings of which are imperfect and interrupted, excepting 

 those near the tip. The Asia-Minor Wild Cats would thus appear 

 to be much more variable in coloration than any European speci- 

 mens which we have examined. 



7. *tFELis CHAUS, Giild. 



This species appears to be tolerably common near Marash, where 

 it inhabits the marshy districts known as the Plain of Bazardjik ; 

 skins from this locality do not appear to diifer in any way from 

 North-African specimens. The Booted Cat is also found in 

 Southern Persia and in Palestine. 



8. *Felis lynx, Linn. D. & A., p. 2/2. 



In our first paper we introducd the F. lynx doubtfully, on the 

 strength of a skin purchased in Constantinople. Last year Danford 

 obtained a very fine specimen from the mountains near Albistan, 

 thus proving that the ranges of the Northern and South-European 

 Lynxes meet in Asia Minor. The Albistan skin differs much from 

 the Constantinople one, which was only obscurely spotted. Its 

 ground-colour above is a beautiful silvery rufous, the longer hairs 

 being largely tipped with white; and it is marked with numerous 

 jet-black spots, which are linear in shape on the back and rounded 

 on the flanks ; on the thighs the spots show an inclination to group 

 themselves into rosettes, like those of the Leopard. 



9. «Felis pardina, Temm. Ushelc. D. & A., no. 6. 



10. *Felis caracal, Linn. Kara-koulak. D. & A., no. 7. 



[*tFELis jubata, Schreb. 



A skin of the Cheetah was presented to Danford at Biledjik, on 

 the Euphrates, by his host Sheik Mustapha, who stated that the 

 animal had been killed among the rocks near Sevi, a small village 

 about five hours down the river on the Mesopotamian side ; it was 

 the only specimen which he had ever seen. This Society has received 



