LEOPARD 467 



The following specimens were shot and measured by F. Vaughan Kirby :— 

 {a) Nguanetsi River, S.E.A. {b) Matamiri Bush, S.E.A. 



ti> m a'^strSght . °^" *"-, , Shoulder Girth of ^^^^^ Girth of Length of Zygomatic Cleaned 

 line. sportsman s height. neck. ,i:„,,ij" forearm. skull. width. weight. 



ft. in. 

 (a) 6 II 



(b)6 9 



ft. in. 

 7 2 



ft. in. 

 2 7 



2 7 



in. 

 22 



20 



3Si 

 334 



12J 



95 

 9 



6J 



5i 



lbs. oz. 



I 8 



Total length. Width. 



-lOj 



-911 



-9S 



-9i 



-9 



-6| 



6| 

 6i 



Si 



s 



Weight, 

 lbs. oz. 



I s 



clean 



Leopard Skulls. 



Locality. 



Bignor District, N.W.P. 

 Gir Forest, Kathiawar 

 Nyasaland 



? 



? 

 S.E. Africa . 

 India 



Owner. 



A. JI. Markham. 

 Lieut. -Col. L. L. Fenton. 

 Dr. Percy Rendall. 

 Julius Jeppe. 



Do. 

 F. Vaughan Kirby. 

 W. T. Blanford. 



OUNCE or SNOW-LEOPARD (Falls uncia). 



Although the Persian leopard is in some degree intermediate in 

 respect to colour and the length of the coat, the ounce differs from the 

 leopard by the ground-colour of the long and dense fur being dirty- 

 white, with the spots on the back, sides, and tail, in the form of large, 

 irregular, ill-defined, and interrupted rings, and by the great thickness 

 of the tail, which scarcely tapers, and is about three-quarters the 

 length of the head and body. Height at shoulder about 2 feet 4 

 inches. Skull about 6 inches long. 



Distribution. — The high ranges of Central Asia, including Gilgit, Hunza, 

 Turkestan, Trans-Baikalia, Ladak, Tibet, Amurland and Western 

 China, extending in the north-west to the Altai, and in the west, 

 it is said, to Persia. In Prince Demidoff's Hunting Trips in the 

 Caucasus a snow-leopard is figured as coming from that range, but 



