38 THE WILD VAT OF EUROPE. 



der Saugethiere Deutschlands,' 1857) give very full 

 general descriptions, especially the latter, vs^ho enters 

 thoroughly into the comparison between the tvFO 

 races, the Wild and the Domestic. 



The following description is from a Wild Cat 

 killed in the county of Baranya, Hungary, in 1872, 

 and sent in the flesh to the author by the late 

 Countess Bathtani; this district was at that time 

 very sparsely inhabited : — 



" The head rather flat, long, and comparatively 

 narrow. The ears pointed, with long whitish-grey 

 hairs inside ; neck thick and short ; body long, rather 

 lower at the shoulders than at the hips ; legs short 

 and thick, extremely muscular. General colour on 

 back and sides of a brown-grey on a yellowish-brown 

 ground ; three dark brownish-black stripes, com- 

 mencing at the root of the nose, pass between the 

 ears and extend down the upper part of the neck to 

 the shoulders, one continuing along the centre of the 

 back to the root of the tail, the other two diverge, 

 one on each side over the shoulder, and pass to the 

 fore legs, which are half-ringed on the upper part. 

 The hind legs are also ringed in the same manner. 

 Five brown stripes descend on each side of the body, 

 easily discernible where they break off' from the main 

 stripe down the back, but soon become blended and 

 mixed, but still perceptible, with the general colour. 

 Two well-marked stripes extend from the angles of 

 the eyes along each cheek. Muzzle grey, tinged 

 with reddish brown ; edge of lips dark brown. 

 The under surface of the lower jaw, neck, and chest 

 a uniform lightish grey. The abdomen and inner 

 part of the thighs of a light orange fawn-colour, 

 mixed with black-brown hairs. The tail covered 



