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28. Pelis wagati. (The Wagati.) B.M. 



Fur fulvous ; nose, chin, throat, and underside of body, and 

 streak on forehead and cheek, pale yellow. Spots of body few, large, 

 irregular-shaped ; of withers large, elongate, broad ; of loins elon- 

 gate, narrow, more or less confluent. Tail with round spots. 



Felis wagati, Elliot (Me Blyth) ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 400. 

 Hah. India. 



Differs from F. pardochroa and F. minuta in the large size of the 

 spots. 



tttttt Clouded or marbled African Cats. Orbits of skull very large. 

 29. Felis caligata. B.M. 



Lynx, Bruce, Voy. viii. no. 30. 



" Felis caligata, Bruce," Temm. Monogr. p. 123 ; I. Geoff. Jacq. Voy. 



t. 3. f. 1, 2 (skull). 

 ? Felis lihycus, Olivier, Voy. p. 41. 



Felis caiFra, Besm. Suppl. p. 540, 1822 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 273. 

 Felia nigripes, Burchell, Travels, 1822 ; Blainv. OstSogr. f. 6. 

 Felis maniculata, Itiippdl, Zool. Atlas, i. t. 19 (pale variety) ; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 ?? Chat aux oreules rouges ou Chat bott(5 (F. caligata), F. Cuvier, 



Mamm. Lithogr. t. (pale variety). 

 Felis pulcheUa, Gray, Mag. N. H. (very pale variety). 

 Felia chaus, Miippell, Atlas, i. 1. 140. 

 ? Ohaus, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 

 Felis obscuia, Desm. Mamm.^. 260 (black variety). 

 The " Chat noir du Cap," J^. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr., and F. caligata, 



/8, Fischer, Synopsis, p. 208 (from F. Cuvier's figure), is only a 



melanism. 

 Felis dongolensis. Hemp. 

 Felis Eiippelli, Brandt. 

 Felis marginata. Loch, Men. Zool. 1858. 



Hah. Africa, North, South, Central, and East. 



Var. Hybrid with F. domestica. 



Skull of Felis caffra 4c inches 5 lines long, 3 inches 2 lines wide. 

 Orbits subquadrangular, 1^ inch high, incomplete behind. 



Skull of Felis maniculata 3^ inches long, 2^ inches wide. Face 

 short, broad ; orbits large, rather oblong, nearly complete behind. 



This species varies from pale fulvous to grey, which is the Felis 

 maniculata of Riippell (Zool. Atlas, i. t. 140). There are several 

 specimens of this species in the British Museum. The largest and 

 darkest, being grey with darker bands, is a specimen from Tangiers, 

 received from M. Verreanx, the body and head 24, and the tail 

 14 inches long ; the darker bands are very indistinct. There is a 

 second example, not quite so large, with bands darker, that lived 

 several years in the Zoological Gardens, and was sent from Tunis by 

 Sir Thomas Eeade — and a smaller one, similar in colour, also from 

 the Zoological Gardens, but without any special habitat attached, 

 and a dark grey kitten from Kordofan. 



Two other specimens are pale yellowish, slightly grizzled, with the 



