256.— Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, 190, sp. 507.— Ccop. & Suck., 

 Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr., 1859, 74, 108.— Baird, U. S. & Mex. B. 

 Sur., 1859, 5.— De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1842, 47.— Baird, U. S. 

 P. R. R. Expl. Ex., 1857, vol. viii, 83.— Harl., Faun. Amer,, 

 1826, 94.— Wagn., Suppl. Schreb., 1841, 461.— Aud. & Bach., 

 Quad. N. Am., vol. ii, 1851, 305, pis. xcvi, xcvii, (8vo. ed.) — 

 Less., Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim., 1842, 56, sp. 512.— Newb., P. R. R. 

 Rep., vi, 1857, 36.— Marcy, Rep. Expl. Red River, 1852, 200.— 

 Woodh., Sitgr. Rep. Zuni & Colorado, 1854, 47.— Coues, Am. Nat., 

 i, 1867, 286.— Id., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 138.— All., 

 Bull. Essex Inst., vi, 1862, 53, 58.— Id., Bull. M. C. Z., ii, 1871, 

 168.— Jordan, Manual of the Vertebrates, 1878, 16, 2nd ed. 



1777. Felis nigra, Grifif., Syn., sp. 444 (?).— Erxl., Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, 

 512, sp. 8. 



1788. Felis discolor, Gmel., Syst. Nat., 1788, vol. i, pt. i, 79, sp. 12,.— 

 Schreb., Saugth., 1778.— Fisch., Zoogu., 1814, 223, sp. 6.— Less,, 

 Man. Mamm., 1827, 190, sp. 509. 



1827. Felis unicolor, Less., Man. Mamm., 1827, p. 190, sp. 508. 



1830. Felis puma, Shaw, Gen. Zool., 1830, vol. i, 358, pi. cxxxix. — 

 Molina, Saggio Stor. Nat. Chilo, 1810, 245, sp. 8. 



1867. Leopardus concolor, J. E. Gray, P. Z. S., 1867, 265.— Id., Cat. Cam. 

 Mamm., 1869, 12.— Id., Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1842, 41. 



1869. Panthera concolor, Fitzin., Ditzg. Akad, Wiss. Wein., 1869, lix, 629. 



1869. Panthera concolor niger, Fitzin., Ditzg. Akad. Wiss. Wein., 1869, 

 lix, 634. 



1874. PuTtia concolor, J. E. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1874, p. — . 

 The panther is the second in size of the North American cats. It is 



larger than the common sheep or largest dog, weighing sometimes one 



hundred and fifty pounds. 

 A full sized female, as recorded by Dr. Coues, weighed, without the 



viscera, eighty pounds; gross weight, estimated, one hundred pounds. 

 The measurements of the same specimen, taken in the flesh, indicate a 



fair average : 



IKCHES. 



From nose to end of tail.... 82.00 



Head over frontal curve 9.50 



Head and body to root of tail 50.00 



Tail...; 32 00 



Stature at shoulders 29,00 



Fore leg and foot, from elbow 15.50 



Sole of hind foot 11.00 



Close girth of chest 27.00 



