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ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE. 



having the hairs annulated with yellow. The following are the dimensions of 

 two specimens in the Paris museum, and those given by the authors above 



alluded to.* 



Length from nose to root of tail 



of tail . • 



Paris M. 



In. 

 30 



24 



Lines 

 6 







Paris M. 

 In. Lines. 



28 



17 





 



Desmarest. 

 In. Lines. 



23 



13 



9 



TemmincJc. 

 In. Lines. 



30 



22 







Azara. 

 In. Lines. 

 36 9 



13 







2. Felis Pajeros. 



Plate IX. 



Chat Pampa, Azara, Essais sur l'histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes du Paraguay. Traduct. Franc,. 



torn. 1. p. 179. 



Felis Pajeros, Desmarest, Mammologie, p. 231. 



jF. vellere longissimo, Jtavescenti-griseo, fasciis Jiavescenti-fuscis indistincte et sublon- 

 gitudinalitbr notato; pedibus annulis latis nigris; abdomine maculis magnis nigris; 

 mento albo ; canda brevi ; auribus mediocribus, ad apicem externum 7iigris. 



Description. — The Pampas cat is about equal in size to the common wild cat of 

 Europe {Felis Catus, Linn.). It is however of a stouter form than that animal, 

 the head is smaller, and the tail is shorter. 



The most remarkable character in this species consists in the great 

 length of the fur, — the longer hairs on the back measuring upwards of 

 three inches, and those on the hinder part of the back, are from four and 

 a half, to four and three quarter inches in length. The general colour of the 

 fur is pale yellow-gray. Numerous irregular yellow, or sometimes brown 

 stripes run in an oblique manner from the back along the sides of the body. 

 On each side of the face there are two stripes of a yellowish or cinnamon 

 colour : these stripes commence near the eye, extend backwards and down- 

 wards over the cheeks, ou the hinder part of which they join and form a single 

 line, which encircles the lower part of the throat. The tip of the muzzle and 

 the chin are white, and there is a spot in front of the eye, and a line beneath 

 the eye, of the same colour : the belly and the inner side and hinder part of 



* In measuring the species of Mammalia, I almost invariably, when wishing to give the length, measure from 

 the tip of the nose along the curve of the back to the root of the tail. In the Ruminantia of course this plan is 

 not desirable, but in other Mammals I have found it most convenient. If we take a Cat, for instance, and 

 curve the body in whatever way we please, we find the length (taken in the way just mentioned) always the 

 same. Whereas, if we take a straight line (as many naturalists do) the length will vary according to the posi- 

 tion of the animal. 



