44 THE WILD CAT OF EUROPE. 



Fleming gives the length from tip of nose to base 

 of tail as 2 feet 4 inches, the tail 1 foot 5 inches, 

 total length 3 feet 9 inches, and the extreme height 

 15 inches. 



Jenyns gives the length of the head and body of 

 the male as 2 feet 3 inches 9 lines, the length of the 

 tail 1 foot 1 inch 6 lines, the extreme length 3 feet 



5 inches 3 lines, and the extreme length of the female 



I foot 9 inches 3 lines. 



Macgilliveay gives the extreme length of the male, 

 including the tail, as 3 feet 4 inches, the tail being 

 14 inches; the extreme length of a female as 2 feet 



6 inches, the tail being 10 inches. Another male, 

 killed in Stirlingshire, the extreme length 2 feet 



II inches, the tail being 12 J inches. 



Blasius gives the extreme length of the male, 

 including the tail, as 2 feet 10 inches 6 lines, the tail 

 being 11 inches 6 lines. 



Mr. A. Heneage Cocks gives the extreme length of 

 the male, including tail, as 3 feet 3^ inches ; the 

 female 3 feet 2 inches ; a young adult female 2 feet 

 10 inches, another 2 feet 9 inches. 



Bell says that the dimensions of the Wild Cat 

 differ greatly if w^e take the statements of various 

 naturalists. The medium size of a full-grown male 

 is 1 foot 10 inches, tail 11 inches 2 lines, extreme 

 length 2 feet 9 inches 2 lines. 



A full-grown male from Hungary measured in the 

 flesh 3 feet 1 inch, including the tail, vphich was 

 12 inches. A full-grown male from Scotland measured 

 in the flesh 2 feet 11 inches, including the tail, which 

 was 12 inches. 



The extreme length of a full-grown well-fed male of 

 the Domestic race Avas 2 feet 10 inches, including the 



