48 THE WILD CAT OF EUROPE. 



broad ; the cranium bulging and round ; the frontal 

 bones broad and flat ; the sagittal ridge very short. 



Basal length from 77 to 81 mm. 



Breadth over parietals ... 57 to 58 mm. 



In two skulls of F. maniculata from Suakin the 

 cranium was rounded and bulging ; the frontal bones 

 broad and flat ; sagittal ridge very short. 



Basal length 81 and 83 mm. 



Breadth over parietals ... 48 and 49 mm. 



In seven examples of skulls of Domestic Cats from 

 various sources the form of the cranium was round 

 and bulging ; the frontal bones broad and flat ; the 

 sagittal ridge very short or wanting; the external 

 bones thin. See iig. 15. 



Basal length from 73 to 83 ram. 



Breadth over parietals ... 45 to 48 mm. 



Two examples of the Mummy Cat from Egypt.* 

 In No. 1 the form of the skull was narrow and elon- 

 gated ; the cranium somewhat bulging ; the frontal 

 bones broad and flat ; the sagittal ridge extending 

 along the parietals halfway to coronal suture and 

 thick. 



Basal length 94 mm . 



Breadth over parietals ... 55 mm. 



In No. 2 the form of the skull was short and broad ; 

 frontal bones broad and slightly concave ; sagittal 

 ridge short and thin. See fig. 16. 



Basal length 83 mm. 



Breadth over parietals ... 46 mm. 



* Dr. Alfebd Nehring, in his paper on the Egj'ptian Cats from 

 Eubastis, Beni Hassan, and Siut (' Verhandlungen der Berl. anthrop. 

 Gesellschaft,' July 20, 1889), considers the larger mummy skulls are 

 similar to F. col gata, F. chaus, and the smaller to F. maniculata. 



