TElia ATJEATA. 



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exercise during the day time at least, but constantly remains crouched 

 in a corner though awake and vigilant." I have seen several caged and 

 now possess one, all of which were quite untameable, and I noticed the 

 same repose during the day that Mr. Blyth observed. 



Gray gives F. wagati as synonymous with viverrina, in which he is 

 quite wrong. F. nipaiensis, Vigors, sometimes refen-ed to this, is pro- 

 bably a hybrid. 



HI. Felis Jeidoni. 



Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 185 ; Synopsis, No. 12. 

 The Lesser Leopard Cat. 



Descr. — " Very similar in its markings to the preceding species ; but 

 the size of the full grown animal much smaller, that of F. ruUgiuosa ; and 

 the ground hue of the upper parts gray, untinged with fulvous. 



" Hab. Peninsula of India. I first detected an adult male and a kitten 

 of this species in the Museum at Madras, and find that there is an adult 

 specimen also in the British Museum.'^ 



Nothing more is recorded of this cat, which may turn out to be only a 

 small variety of the last, but see further on, page 109. 



112. Felis aurata. 



Tbmminck. — F. moormensi's, Hodgson. — F. temminchii, Vigors (young). 

 HoRSFiELD, Cat. 82. — Blyth, Synops. 15. — F. nigrescens, Hodgson, Cat. 

 Coll. B. M., new ed.. No. 30, black variety. 



The Bay Cat. 



Descr. — Above deep bay-red ; paler beneath and on the sides ; a few 

 indistinct dark spots on the sides ; throat white ; ears internally, and 

 tip of tail black. The lower surface in some is reddish-white, with large 

 and small marroon brown spots; the cheeks are yellowish with two black 

 streaks, and there is a pale black-edged fine over the eyes, the whiskers 

 are black with white tips, and the nails are black. 



Length, head and body, 31 inches and more ; tail 19. 



Mr. Blyth has lately determined the identity of Hodgson's " moormi 

 cat" with Temminck'g F. aurata, the origin of which was not known. 



