. FELIS. 165 



to form rosettes. The dorsal spots do not unite in lines, but they have a linear 

 arrangement. Major-General Strachey obtained in Kumaon a cat of this species 

 which has even larger spots than this second Nepal specimen, from which it differs 

 in the paler tint of the ground colour. In its large spots it closely resembles the 

 so-called Wagati of Southern India, and some of the Yunnan skins belong to this 

 and to the previous form. The F. horsfieldii, Gray, is another cat resembling the 

 Kumaon specimen, as is also the Felis sumatrana, Horsfd., which is, however, 

 immature. 



The Javan cat first indicated by George Cuvier ' appears to be more nearly 

 allied to this species than to F. viverrina, Bennett, with which the F. bengalensis, 

 Horsfield,* is identical. 



* Felis domesticus, Auct. 



The domestic cat of "Western Yunnan is not at all prevalent, and those I 

 observed were small and of a uniform grey colour, dark-spotted, and with the 

 cheeks obscurely lineated. They resemble the form described by Dr. Gray as Felis 

 chinensis. 



1 Ann du Mus. vol. xiv. 1809, p. 159 ; Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. vi. 1816, p. 115. 



2 I. c, p. 4y. 



