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" chankoo," inhabits the mountains about the sources of the 

 Ganges. 2. The panther {F. pardus) ; lower and forest 

 regions. 3. The leopard {F. leopardus f) — " dheer hay" of the 

 natives ; affects the same situations as the last.' 4. The 

 white leopard or ounce, and called the " burrel hay ;" found 

 at high altitudes, near the persistent snow-region. 5. The 

 small leopard, above named, " goral hay," is so called from 

 its partiality to feeding on the goral, or Himalayan chamois. 

 A most indefatigable and discerning sportsman, Mr. Wilson 

 of Mussouree, has made a similar observation.* 



I believe the Felidce of the Himalayas have been by no 

 means well studied ; certainly, if there are not more species, 

 those at present known are subject .to great variety. The 

 striped and spotted jungle-cats of these regions are numerous. 

 Of the former I have only seen Horsfield's tiger-cat {F. hors- 

 fieldii), a very handsome and beautiful species, often met 

 with in the lower jungles, where it preys on small quadrupeds 

 and birds. From a distance it is like a diminutive leopard. 

 The Bengal cat (F. lengcdensis) is plentiful in the sub- 

 Himalayan jungles. It is difficult to say whether the 

 colouring of the generality of the domestic variety met with 

 in the same situation differs in any degree from their wild 

 congeners. Possibly they may interbreed. 



The Lungoor monkey (S^mnopithecus schAstaceus) is 

 usually seen in herds in pine and oak forests. The highest 

 point at the sanatorium of Simla is called " Jacko," from the 

 number of this species which were met with in that locality. 

 The animal is common in the Chor forests, and similar situa- 

 tions on the western ranges. It is dark-slatey above ; below, 

 pale-yellow ; tail long and tufted ; hair on the crown of the 

 head short and diverging. There is considerable variety of 



* Indian Sporting Review for September 1848. 



