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With regard to the first distinction, the tails of the two speci- 

 mens of F. shawiana are certainly shorter than those of the speci- 

 mens of F. ornata ; but the skins are furriers, skins, both having 

 been bought in the bazaars at Yarkand and Kashgar, and the 

 tails in both cases seem mutilated, the tails, too, of F. ornata in 

 the Museum collection vary considerably in length, from 8 to 1 3 

 inches in specimens of approximately the same size ; with regard 

 to the second point, that of colour, the difference of shade is 'so 

 slight that it is only perceptable in a strong light ; finally, there are 

 in the Museum collection many specimens of F. ornata with quite 

 as distinct spots on the abdomen as F. shawiana. 



With regard to the skulls of F. ornata, F. chaus and F. shawi- 

 ana [there is no skull in the only specimen of F. caudata], there 

 does not seem to be any real substantial difference, although there 

 are minor differences which have been pointed out by !Mr. Blan- 

 ford, yet it does not seem that any of the differences are sufficiently 

 impoitant to be due to anything but individual variations. 



a-h. 8 skins Band*, N.-W. P. J. Cockburn. 



y. Skin $ Agra dist., N.-W. P. Lucknow Mus. [Ex.] 



k. Skin S Agra dist., N.-W. P. Lucknow Mus. [Ex.] 



Z. Skin Hazara Hills, Punj. T. Hutton, 1845, A.S.B, 



m. Skin Hansi, Punjab D. Scott, A.S.B. 



n. Skin Hansi, Punjab D. Scott A.S.B. 



o. Skm nr. Karachi, Sind Karachi Museum. 



p. Skin Mullier, Sind Col. Meurant. 



q-t. 4 Skulls Banda dist., N.-W. P. J. Cockburn. 



u. Skull Karachi, Sind Karachi Museum. 



Felis shawiana. 



Felis shawiana, Blanford J. A. S. B., xlv, p. 49 (1876) j id. Yarkand Mam >«., 

 p. 17, pis. \b, le ; Elliot Monog. Felidte no. 34. 



Distribution. — Eastern Turkestan (Yarkand and Kashgar). 



a. Skin, skeleton Yarkand W. B. Shaw. 



[Type of F. shawiana, Blanford], 



b. Skin Yarkand bazaar F. Stoliczka. 

 t. Skin Kashgar, 11-74 J Scully. 



Felis chaus. 



Felis chaus, Guldenstadt Nov. Comm. Acad. Peirop., xx, p. 48^ (177C); 

 Sykes, P. Z. 5., 1831, p. 102 ; Elliot Madras yourn., x, p. 108; Horsfield 

 Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 50; Kelaart Prodt. Faun. Zeylan, p. 48; Blyth Cat. 

 no. 186, p. 63 ; id. P. Z. S., '863, p. 186 ; Tristram P. Z. S., 1866, p. 92 ; 

 yerdon Mamm., p. Ill ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 29; Stoliczka, 

 J. A.S.B., xli, p. 227; Blyth J. A.S.B. ,yi\\w; Bur ma List, f.Z?s; Blan- 

 ford Persia, p. 36 ; Atkinson N.-W. P. Gazett., xi, p. 17 ; Alston P. Z. S., 

 1880, p. 52 ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 195 ; Elliot Monop. Felidae no. 

 32 ; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 29; Spearman Burma Gazett,, p. 551 ; Thomas 

 P. Z. S., 1886, p. 55 ; Blanford Mammals^ p. 86 ; Radde Zool. J. B., iv, p. 

 1015. 



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