S. Note on a spzcimeti oi-Felis tristis^ Milnc-Edwards^ 



in the Indian Museum. 



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* By N. Annandale, D.Sc. 



Felts tristis was described by Milne-Edwards ^ in 1872 from a 

 Tery badly preserved skin, which had been purchased in Pekin 

 and was said to have come from the interior of China. Elliott 

 refigured the type in his Monograph of the Felidce (1883), but no 

 further specimens appear to have been recorded and the skull has 

 not been described. Among a number of mammals received at 

 the Indian Museum from the Calcutta Zoological Garden?, I have 



Gesnll of Felis trxsti^ (young naaJe), x 1, write anterior praemolar. 



recently discovered a skin and skull of this rare cat. The spe- 

 cimen was originally obtained from the late Mr. Routledge, a well- 

 known dealer, and appears to have come to Calcutta by sea ; but 

 no further information is available regarding it. It represents a 

 young male apparently not quite adult. Unfortunately, no 

 measurements were taken on the body ; but it is evident that 

 the animal was of stouter habit than F. "marmorata and had a 



i Recher. des Mamm, p. 223, pi. XXXL 



