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pardina, the Spotted Lynx, is called Gato cerval or 

 simply Gato, or Gato clavo, but this latter appellation 

 is also sometimes bestowed upon the Wild Cat." 



Messrs. Abel Chapman and W. J. Buck (' Wild 

 Spain,' 1893) say that Wild Cats are common 

 throughout Spain wherever rabbits abound. They 

 go by the names " Gato montes, " " Gato castellano " 

 or " romano." 



In the Caucasus. — The Wild Cat has frequently 

 been taken as far as the Caspian, and in Western 

 Russia it is not uncommon. 



In Greece. — It is found in Macedonia and other 

 parts of the kingdom, and has been killed in the 

 vicinity of Athens. 



Some parts of Asia Minor. — In the northern 

 continuation of the Lebanon Range and Eastern 

 Taurus Range, near Marash, a Cat very closely allied 

 if not identical with the European Cat has been 

 met with, very different to that from Trebizond and 

 Erzeroom. Instead of being of an unusually clear 

 grey colour marked with distinct spots, it is of a 

 tawny colour faintly but regularly brindled with a 

 dark rufous-grey, with a distinct black stripe along 

 the upper surface of the tail, with imperfect dark 

 rings and black tip. 



In Turkey in Europe (the Balkan Peninsula). — 

 Lord LiLFOED writes : — " In what we used to call 

 Albania, i. e., the province of Epirus, the mainland 

 opposite to Corfu, we used frequently to meet with 

 Wild Cats when we were shooting ; and I well re- 

 member rolling over a very fine old male that came 

 out of a strip of thorn covert, hotly pursued by our 

 spaniels, in the valley of Butrinto ; this animal's 

 stomach was full of the remains of woodcocks." 



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