130 ANIMALS IN MENAGERIES. 



order to approach the fowls unsuspected, and to sur- 

 prise them, it imitates their voice. It feeds chiefly on 

 fowls, birds, and small quadrupeds ; but, if pressed by 

 hunger, will devour carrion. 



This species may be thus shortly described: — General 

 colour, greyish brown ; greyer on the body, neck, and 

 limbs; deeper and more tawny towards the back, and 

 whitish beneath. The ears are very small. Four re- 

 gular series of elongated spots pass from the head to 

 the tail ; and the sides are covered with regular smaller 

 spots. The extreme length of the body is near two 

 feet, and the tail is about eight inches more. 



The Sumatran Cat. 



Felis Sumatrana, Horsf. Rimau bulu, of the Malays.' 

 Of this species, which seems to be the wild cat of 

 Sumatra, and peculiar to that island, a living specimen 

 was brought home by sir Stamford Raffles. No inform- 

 ation, however, seems to have been obtained of its native 

 habits, neither do we know if the animal is still in ex- 

 istence. In its general size and proportions, as well as 

 the shortness of the tail, it agrees with the wild cat of 

 Java, last described ; but it exhibits many pecuharities 

 in the form and disposition of its marking, which are 

 much better comprehended by a glance at the figure, 

 than by the most lengthened description. 



The general colour is ferruginous, inclining to yel- 

 lowish grey : the spots on the body are angular, and 

 scattered without regularity, and very different from the 

 longitudinal and nearly parallel lines of the Javan cat ; 

 the colour of these spots is intensely brown, inclining to 

 black. 



Diard's Java Cat. 



Felis Diardi, Cuvier, Griff, ji. 484. 



A short notice of this, the third species of wild cat 

 inhabiting the Javanese islands, will complete our list 

 of those belonging to the Indian Archipelago. It was 



