4 THE ¥AGUAR. 
ness of its fur, as well as by some variations in the markings with which it is 
decorated. The spots exhibit a certain tendency to form stripes, and the tail 
is exceedingly bushy when compared with that of a leopard of equal size. The 
general colour of the body is rather paler than that of the leopard, being a 
JAGUAR.-~(Leopardus Onca.) 
greyish white in which a slight yellow tinge is perceptible. The Ounce is an 
inhabitant of some parts of Asia, and specimens of this fine animal have 
been brought from the shores of the Persian Gulf. In size, it equals the 
ordinary leopard of Asia or Africa. 
PASSING to the New World, we find the feline races well represented by 
