108 TELID^. 



Its dimensions are given as, head and body, 3 feet 4 inches ; tail 12-| ; but 

 if Hodgson is right in his measurements, that of the tail must be a 

 mistake. Hodgson does not allude to the spots at all ; but Blyth states 

 that a Nepalese specimen in the India Museum is very distinctly and 

 conspicuously spotted. He further writes me that it comes near diardi 

 and marmorata. There is a very beautiful variety of a saturated brown 

 or black color, of which Mr. Hodgson sent several specimens from 

 Darjeehng to the India House and British Museums. The tip of the tail 

 has a whitish discoloration. 



Nothing is known of the habits of this cat, which is stated to inhabit 

 the central region of Nepal and Sikim. 



113. Fells rubiginosa. 



Is. Geoffeoy. — Belansee, Voyage, pi. — Namali pilli, Tarn. — Blyth, 

 Synops. 13. 



The Rusty-spotted Cat. 



Descr. — Greenish-gray, with a faint rufous tinge ; beneath and inside of 

 limbs white; a white superciliary streak, extending on the side of the 

 nose ; two dark face streaks ; top of head and nape with four narrow dark 

 brown stripes, becoming interrupted posteriorly, and passing into a series of 

 rusty-colored spots on the back and sides, somewhat longitudinal on the 

 back, but roundish on the sides ; tail short, more rufous than the body, 

 and uniform in color, or very indistinctly spotted, the tip not dark ; the 

 lower surface, and inside of the limbs with large dark brown spots ; feet 

 rufous-gray above, black on the soles ; ears small ; whiskers long, white ; 

 fur short and very soft. 



Length 16 to 18 inches, head and body; tail 9|-. 



This cat varies somewhat, it appears, both in the ground-color of the 

 fur, and the character of the spots. Is. Geoffrey calls the gromid-color 

 reddish-gray, and Kelaart describes it as ferruginous grayish-brown. The 

 latter calls the spots on the body dark ferruginous-brown, almost blade 

 on the limbs. It appears to be very rare in museums, and I have not 

 had many specimens, but in all, the spots were rusty, and the fur much of 

 the same hue, more or less tinged with rufous. 



I have only procured this cat in the Camatic, in the vicinity of NeUore 

 and Madras. Belanger's specimen was procm-ed in the same district, at 



