128 viTEiiBiirj:. 



in the more attenuated tail ; in the fur being dense and woolly, with the 

 coloration more uniform and less variegated. 



134. Faxadoxurus grayi. 



Bemjett, p. Z. S. 1835 — Blyth, Cat. 154 — P.. nipalensis, Hodgson, 

 Asiatic Trans. Vol. XIX.— P. hondar apud Temminck, Mon. t. 65, f. 

 4-6, skull. 



The Hill Tree-Cat. 



Descr. — Color above %ht unspotted fulvous-brown, showing in certain 

 lights a strong cinereous tinge, owing to the black tips of many of the 

 hairs ; beneath lighter and more cinereous ; limbs ash-cdlored, deeper 

 in intensity towards the feet which are black ; tail of the same color as 

 the body, the end dark, white tipped ; ears rounded, hairy, black ; face 

 black, except the forehead, a longitudinal streak down the middle of the 

 nose, and a short obhque band under each eye, gray or whitish. 



Length, head and body, 30 inches; tail 20. 



This animal inhabits the South-east Himalayas only, esrtending into Assam 

 and Northern Burmah. It has been sent from Nepal, Daijeeling, and the 

 Arrakan lulls. Hodgson states that " it is common in the central region 

 of Nepal, keeping to the forests and mountains. It feeds both on small 

 animals and birds, and vegetable food. One shot had only seeds, leaves, 

 and unhusked rice in its stomach. A caged animal was fed on boiled 

 rice and fruits, which it preferred to animal food. When set at liberty it 

 would lie waiting in the grass for mynas and sparrows, springing upon 

 them from the cover like a cat, and when sparrows, as frequently hap- 

 pened, ventured into its cage to steal the boiled rice, it would feign sleep, 

 retire into a comer, and dart on them with unening aim. Birds thus 

 taken by itself it preferred to all other food. The animal was very cleanly, 

 nor did its body usually emit any unpleasant odour, though when it was 

 irritated, it exhaled a most fetid stench, caused by the discharge of a 

 thin yellow fluid from four pores, two of which are placed on each side of 

 the intestinal aperture." 



125. Faradoxurus bondar. 



Gray ex Buchanan Hamilton. — P. hirsittus, Hodgson, As. Ees. XIX. 

 72, — P. Penmntii, Gkay. — Hakdwickb, HI. Ind. Zool. 2, pi, 13. — Ching- 



