THE TIGER. 
Fecis Tieris. Linn. 
CLOSELY allied to the Lion, whom he resembles in size, 
in power, in external form, in internal structure, in 
zoological characters, in his prowling habits, and in his 
sanguinary propensities, the Tiger is at once distin- 
guished from that king of beasts, and from every other 
of their common genus, by the peculiar marking of his 
coat. On a ground which exhibits in different indivi- 
duals various shades of yellow, he is elegantly striped 
by a series of transverse black bands or bars, which 
occupy the sides of his head, neck, and body, and are 
continued upon his tail in the form of rings, the last of 
the series uniformly occupying the extremity of that 
