2/0 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELID.E. [INIar. 14, 



behind. The front upper false grinder very early deciduous, always 

 wanting in the half-grown skull. 



The skull of the Pajeros is like that of the Common Cat ; but 

 the orbits are small, as in the otlier diurnal Cats, and the face broader, 

 and the brain-case is rather more produced behind ; but it differs 

 from that of the Leopards and Cats in the upper front false grinders 

 being very early deciduous, as in the Lynxes. 



In the four skulls in the Museum the holes for these teeth are only 

 to be observed in the skull of a very young animal ; in the other 

 three older skulls the holes even are obliterated. 



Pajeros pampanus. 



Felis pajeros, Desm. Mamm. p, 231. 



Hab. South America ; The Pampas. 



Skull elongated ; face short, broad, slightly concave in front of 

 the orbits ; nasal broad below, suddenly narrowed above ; orbits 

 moderate, incomplete behind ; brain-case rather swollen ; forehead 

 slightly convex, rhombic. Length 4 inches 2 lines, width 2 inches 

 4 lines. 



The skull differs from that of the common Felis domestica in the 

 orbits being smaller and the brain-case larger. 



*** Skull ovate ; face short ; brain-case moderate. 

 10. Felis. 



Tail cylindrical, elongate, sometimes shorter than the body. Ears 

 oblong, rounded at the tip, without any pencilling. Pupil erect, 

 linear. Skull moderate ; face short, conical ; nose moderate, narrow 

 above behind, concave in front of the orbits ; brain-case oblong, 

 broad ; front upper false grinders distinct, small ; orbits large, or 

 very large, incomplete. 



f Moderate-sized large-headed Cats, with lines of spots on the 

 sides. Pardalis. 



Face of skull elongate. 



Pupil round, oblong, erect in sunlight. — Bartlett. 



1. Felis pardalis, Linn.; Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 87, t. 72 

 (skull). 



? F. armillafa, F. Cuvier. 



IF. griffithsii, H. Smith. 



Hab. America, tropical or subtropical. 



Skull, adult : length 5^, width 'd^ inches. 



2. Felis grisea. 



Leopardiis griseus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. II. x. p. 200, 1842. 

 HaJ). Guatemala. 



Skull, adult : length f)\, width '^^ inches. Nose rather concave 

 on the sides before orbits. 



