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originated from, rows of Leopard rosettes. We may note further 

 that in the Jaguar skin (Fig. 4) the spots on the chest have 



Fig. 27. — Markings of different small Cats, from a photograph by Messis. Dixon and Co. 

 Skins lent b}' Messrs. Back and Co. 



coalesced into beady stripes, and we know that the separate ring- 

 spotlets of the Jaguar rosettes in other Leopards do coalesce into 

 a continuous polygonal ring. 



