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black, with a small pure-white tip. The stripes on .the loins are 

 straight and parallel, not subspiral as in the Tabby Cats. The 

 cheek-streaks are black, the lower one indistinct and interrupted. 

 The toes are white. • 



32. Fells manul. B.M. 



Felis manul, Pallas ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274 

 Felis nigripectus, Hodgson. 



Hah. Tibet. 



Pupil linear, erect. — Hodgson. Skull not observed. 



The Manul (Felis manul of Pallas) was regarded as a new species 

 by Mr. Hodgson under the name of Felis nigropectus, and is beauti- 

 fully illustrated in the drawing of his Nepalese animal in the British 

 Museum. In the British Museum also is a fine specimen of this 

 Cat, presented by Mr. Hodgson, under the latter name. It has 

 many characters in common with the other wild species of the re- 

 stricted genus Felis ; but it is at once known by its very long, soft 

 hair, the pale whitish colour only varied by a slight black wash on 

 the upper part of the legs and the black on the chest. Fischer, who 

 only worked from books, considers it a variety of Felis domestica ; 

 but it is a very distinct and weU-marked species. 



tttttttt European Clouded Cats. 



33. Felis catus. B.M. 



Felis catus, Linn. ; Graff, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 274. 

 Chat sauvage, Puffon, H. JY. vi. t. 1 ; Blasius, W. E. p. 163. f. 102, 

 103 (skull) ; Blainv. OsUogr. t. 10 (skuU). 



Hah. Europe. 



Tail very thick. 



SkuU, length 3|, width 2| inches. Orbits nearly complete, 1 inch 

 in diameter. 



The Wild Cat of Europe (Fdis catus) is distinct from the African 

 and Asiatic species of the restricted genus Felis in the British Mu- 

 seum. It is at once known by its thick cylindrical truncated tail ; 

 but it is so well known, and has been so often described, that I need 

 not add any further observations respecting it. It is said that it 

 breeds with the Domestic Cat, and that the skuU of the hybrid, as 

 weU as the coloration of the fur, is more or less modified by the in- 

 terbreeding. 



34. Felia megalotis. 



Felis megalotis, Muller ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 274. 

 Hob. Timor. Not seen by me, 



11. CHAUS. 



Tail shorter than the body, reaching to the hocks. Ears pencilled 

 at the tip. Pupil oblong, erect. SkuU — face short; forehead of 



