2 THE WILD CAT OF EUROPE. 



Catus sylvestris ferus vel feraliSj Klein, J. T., Quad- 

 ruped, dispos. brevisque Hist. Nat. 1751. 



Catus sylvestris vel Felis sylvestris ferus, Pennant, 

 Thos., Hist, of Quad. 1781. 



Felis catus, Linnaeus, Carl von, Fauna Suec. 1746; Bewick, 

 Thos., A General Hist, of Quadrupeds, 1807 j Stark, 

 John, Elem. of Nat. Hist. 1823; Temminck, Mono- 

 graphic de Mammalogie, 1827 ; Jardine, Sir W., 

 Naturalist's Library, Mammalia, 1834; Jenyns, Rev. L., 

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 G. L., Baron, Regne Animal, Carn. Digit. 1836 ; 

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 1838; Donovan, E., Nat. Hist. Brit. Quad. 1815; 

 Blasius, H., Naturgesch. der Saugethiere Deutschlands, 

 1857 ; Brehm, A. E., Thierleben, Leipsic, 1876-79. 



Felis catus ferus, Linnaus, Curl von. System. Natur., 

 Ed. xiii. by J. F. Gmelin, 1788. 



Felis catus, var. sylvestris, Fleming, John, A Hist, of Brit. 

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Felis catus ferus, Bingley, Rev. W., Brit. Quadrupeds, 1809. 



Vernacular Names. 



English : Wild Cat, Wood-Cat, British Tiger. 



Gaelic: Cat fiad-haich. 



Welsh : Cath-goed. 



French : Chat sauvage, Chat des Bois, Chat haret. 



German : Wilde Katze, Graue Katze, Wildkatze, Baum- 



ritter. 

 Dutch : Wilde Kat. 

 Belgian : Chat sauvage ; Wei Katz, Tchet sauvatche 



(Wallon). 

 Spanish : Gato monies. Gala romano. 

 Italian : Gatto silvatico. 

 Russian : Stepnaja Koschka. 

 Greek : KarTO<;. 

 Polish ; Kut dziki. 



