480 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



edged with tawny ; and towards the shoulders and thighs, 

 with streaks of tawny. There was a black streak from the 

 corner of the eyes to the jaws, and some barry marks on the 

 forehead. The outside of the ears were dark gray; the 

 insides pink and naked, as well as the nose. The tail was 

 semi-annulated with black, having a black tip, and it ex- 

 hibited a great peculiarity in the legs, which were all of 

 them of a very dark gray colour up to the knees. 



" This may, perhaps, be the New Spain Cat of Button, 

 before alluded to. 



" To these may perhaps be added the Jaguarondi of 

 Azara, which seems to be the black species of this sub- 

 division. In size and proportions, he belongs entirely to 

 the Ocelots, and I could just detect something of darker 

 streaks running lengthways on the flank of the only spe- 

 cimen I have ever examined." 



Of the Chati of F. Cuvier, the Baron observes, that it is 

 more than one-fourth less than the Chibi-gouazou ; less 

 even than the Wild Cat, not having the head longer than 

 four inches and a half, the body eighteen inches, the tail 

 ten, and the height eleven. 



The ground colour of its fur is brownish-gray, paler on 

 the flanks, and white on the cheeks and under the body. 



The spots both black and white of its head and ears are 

 the same as in the Ocelot. Three series of black spots pass 

 along the back ; those of the flanks, shoulders, and crupper 

 are deep yellow, bordered with black all round, except at 

 the anterior edge. There are seven or eight, one above 

 another. Some of those on the shoulders unite and form 

 an oblique band ; they are smaller on the feet, and there 

 are none on the toes ; those on the belly are full but cloudy ; 

 the tail has ten or eleven black rings. 



"This species is from Brazil, and it appears to me," 

 continues the Baron, " that it is the same as M. Sching in 

 the German translation of the Regne Animal, names Felis 



