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MR. K. I. POCOCK ON SOME AFRICAN CATS [June 18, 



and F.chaus. Head "rabbit" grey, indistinctly or distinctly striped 

 or spotted on the crown, rarely so on the forehead, whei-e the 

 stripes are evanescent. Ears short, of about the same size as in 

 the domestic cat, coloured like the head ; not apically pencilled. 

 Stripes on the occiput black ; on the nape often broken up and 

 fading to rusty brown ; those on the sides of the neck especially 

 tending to assume a rusty hue. In front of the shoulder, short 

 stripes extend obliquely downwards and forwards on to the neck, 

 two of them, better marked than the rest, forming collars. A 

 third collar crosses the interramal area, and thei'e are at least two 

 well-marked stripes on the cheeks. The pattern on the body 

 consists for the most part of spots sometimes black, sometimes 

 suffused with brown. On the dorsal ai'ea the ari'angement of the 

 spots is sometimes more or less longitudinally linear ; and on the 

 sides of the thorax two or three oblique stripes are sometimes 

 formed. The tail has a median dark blackish-brown stripe and 

 at its distal end about three transverse black stripes, incomplete 

 below, and a black tip. The ventral surface from the chin to the 

 anus, and the insides of the limbs and under side of the tail are 

 white or whitish. The spots on the belly are large and black ; also 

 on the shoulder and thighs they ai-e blacker as a rule than on the 

 body. The outer side of the legs is ci'eamy fawn ; the foi-e leg is 

 encircled at the base with two veiy broad black stripes ; the sole of 

 the foot up to the wiist is black ; the paw^ is speckled above with 

 black ; there is an incomplete stripe above the wrist in front. 

 The hind leg has two strong black stripes above the hock and is 

 black behind from the pads up to the hock. The under-fur is 

 almost sooty-black on the dorsal area, but a paler more slate-grey 

 on the sides. 



Log. Bamanguato {F. C. Selous) ; Deelfontein {Claud Grant) ; 

 Vredefort Road, Orange River Colony {Barrett Hamilton). 

 Previously recoi-ded from Bechuanaland and the Kalahari Desert. 



The skins from different localities mentioned above differ 

 somewhat from each other ; but there is not as yet sufficient 

 material, in my opinion, to warrant the naming of local i"aces. 



The following measurements in mm. have been taken from 

 animals in the flesh, with exception of no. 4. 



* These measurements are recorded \yy Mr. Sclater, presumahly in inches, and are 

 liere reduced to millimetres. They were taken from a mounted specimen. Stretching 

 of the skin probably accounts for the marked disproportion in length between the 

 tail and the head and body. 



