92 FELIDJ;. 



in the prickly jungles of those districts of India which it still frequents, 

 and that if allowed to grow that the mane was weU developed. Bennett's 

 figure referred to ahove, was taken from a lion brought from Hurriana. 



The Hon is found in various parts of India, chiefly the North-west, 

 from Cutch to Hurriana, Gwalior and Sanger, but is now only at all 

 common in Guzrat and Cutch. I have heard of its having been killed south 

 of the Nerbudda many years ago, and I have seen the skins of two that 

 were obtained near Saugor a few years back, near which place, indeed 

 tolerably authentic intelligence was received of their presence in 1856 ; 

 wMlst quite recently two lions were kiUed most unexpectedly near 

 Gwalior. In former years, lions were much more common in the eastern 

 portion of their present habitat. 



Little is recorded of the habits of the lion as found in India. It is 

 said to prey chiefly on bullocks and donkeys, and the fat is highly prized 

 , by the natives as a cure for rheumatism. Later and more authentic accounts 

 of the habits of the lion in Africa than those usually found in the older 

 works on natural history, do not quite confirm those accounts of its 

 noble character. 



The Puma, F. concolor, of South America, the largest of the Ameri- 

 can feline animals, is sometimes classed with the lions from its uniform 

 coloration, but it wants both the mane and the tail tuft. 



2nd. Tigers. Of large size, striped, pupil vertical. Gen. Tigris, Gray. 



104. Felis tigris. 



LiNN^ns. — Tigris regalis, Gray. — Blyth, Cat. 172, and Synops. 3. — 

 Bagh, and Patayat hagh, fem. Bdghni, H. — Sher and (female) Shemi, 

 in the North of India generally. — Sela-vagh, Hindi. — Go-vagh, Beng. — 

 Wuhdg, Mahr. — Nakar in Bundelcund and Central India. — Tut of the 

 hiH people of Bhagulpore. — Noiigya-chor in Gorukpore. — Puli, Tel. and 

 Tarn ; also, Pedda puli, Tel. — Parain puli, Mai. — Huli, Can. — Tdgh in 

 Tibet. — SnUong, Lepch. — Tukh, Bhot. 



The Tigke. 



i)esc!*. — Bright fawn color, more or less tinged with rufous, and 

 with dark stripes. 



" The peculiarly striped sldn of the tiger," says Blyth, " at once 

 distinguishes it from every other feline animal, and equally so docs the 



