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in the Baron's catalogue of these species. The general 

 colour of this animal is grayish-brown, exhibiting on the 

 body, neck, and limbs, a delicate mixture of gray of dif- 

 ferent shades. The upper parts are more intensely coloured 

 and inclined to tawny ; the throat, cheeks, fore-part of the 

 neck, the breast, belly, and tail underneath are whitish. 

 Although it resembles the common Domestic Cat in many 

 points, the smallness of the ears, and their distance from 

 the eyes, give to its front a different appearance; the form 

 of the body is likewise more slender. 



Four regular series of elongated spots pass from the head 

 to the tail of this species, and the sides are covered with 

 regular smaller spots, decreasing in size and intensity of 

 colour as they approach the central line of the under part 

 of the body ; these peculiarities, together with two trans- 

 verse bands which pass across the anterior part of the 

 throat, form its principal specific characters. 



This species measures about one foot eleven inches in the 

 length of the head and body, and the tail about eight inches, 

 which is also about the average height of the animal. 



The Kenouk is found in large forests in every part of 

 Java. It forms a retreat in hollow trees, where it remains 

 during the day ; at night it ranges about in quest of food, 

 and often visits the villages at the skirts of the forests, com- 

 mitting depredations among the Hen-roosts. The natives 

 ascribe to it an uncommon sagacity, asserting, that in order 

 to approach the fowls unsuspected, and to surprise them, it 

 imitates their voice. It feeds chiefly on Fowls, Birds, and 

 small Quadrupeds, but in case of necessity it also devours 

 carrion. 



This animal, says Dr. Horsfield, is perfectly untameable; 

 its natural fierceness is never subdued by confinement. The 

 same character is given to the Bengal Cat ; but it has not 

 the disagreeable odour ascribed to that species, nor does it 



