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near the eye present but not conspicuous. Ears of normal length, their 

 backs uniformly whitish-fawn, without darker markings. Outer sides of 

 limbs like back, inner sides like belly ; ends of fingers and toes whitish, 

 without any darker markings round the pads. Tail proportionally very 

 short, brownish clay-colour above, whitish below, the tip not or scarcely 

 darker. 



Dimensions of the typical skin, which has been tanned and stretched, 

 so that the measurements are merely approximate : — Head and body 

 1370 millim., tail 530, ear 80, 



Hab. Santa Cruz, Patagonia ; about 70 miles inland. 



Type. Female. B.M. No. i. 8. 12. i. Brought home by Mr. H. 

 Prichard and presented by Mr. C. Arthur Pearson. 



The skin was bought by Mr. Prichard from Indians in the region 

 mentioned, so that neither flesh-measurements nor skull were obtained. 



The second skin is that of a young male, killed on the Senguerr River, 

 in March 1897, by one of the collectors from the La Plata Museum, by 

 whom it was presented to the British Museum. Owing to its youth, its 

 peculiarities had not been previously noticed. 



F. c. Pearsoni is distinguished from F. c. puma not only by its very 

 different general colour, but also by its shorter tail, light-coloured ear- 

 backs, and the absence of the dark markings round the digital pads. 



