THE OCELOT. 
FeLtIs PARDALIS. Linn. 
“ OF all the animals with tigrine skins,” says Buffon, 
“ the male Ocelot has unquestionably the most beautiful 
and at the same time the most elegantly variegated robe; 
that of the Leopard himself does not approach it in 
liveliness of colour or regularity of design.” That this 
estimate is by no means exaggerated will readily be 
allowed by all who have had an opportunity of seeing 
this truly beautiful creature, which may unquestionably 
be regarded as the beau ideal of a cat. Nearly equal in 
size to the Lynx of Europe, but shorter in its proportions 
and more graceful in its form, it holds, as it were, a 
middle station between the Leopard and the domestic cat. 
