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quite common and three specimens were trapped in rather a short time near my camp- 

 ing place. Their fresli tracks were observed several times during niy excursions in the 

 neighbouring jungles. 



The female specimen obtained at Hat »Sanuk was very old and had its teeth much 

 worn. It contained two young foetuses, in which. though quite small, the black spöts 

 were already very well-marked indeed. 



The male specimen was rather large and very fierce. It had probably been caught 

 early in the morning and when I came out to ha ve a look at the traps it at once attacked 

 me. Fortimately enongh the trap was very heavy and the leopard conld not move quick 

 enough to get at me. It had moved the trap a short distance into a dense place from 

 which it suddenly jumped at me growling furiously. It was, however, instantly killed 

 with a shot of my shot gun. 



Skull measurements 



ef 



Greatest length 212,0 mm. 



Basicranial length 175,0 



Condylobasal length 187,0 » 



Zygomatic width 132,0 » 



Width of brain case 72,8 » 



Length of nasals mesially 50,0 » 



Breadth of nasals anteriorly .... 33,1 » 



Least interorbital breadth 39,1 » 



Least postorbital breadth 43,0 



Palatal length 85,5 » 



Breadth of palate betw. last molars 02, 



Length of bullae 34,1 » 



Length of upper sectorial 24,5 » 



Maxillary toothrow 67,0 



174,5 mm. 



168,0 



148,5 » 



144,5 



161,0 » 



156,0 



112,0 » 



109,5 



63,8 » 



65,6 



43,0 » 



40,5 



29,0 » 



27,0 



29,8 » 



30,0 



40,0 » 



42,0 



75,2 



69,0 



53,2 » 



52,0 



33,5 » 



31,0 



22,0 » 



22,0 



56,0 » 



55,5 



Felis nebulösa. Griffith. 



The Clouded Leopard inhabits the mountain forests of Northern Siarn though it 

 does not seem to be very common and very little is known about it. 



The dense jungles at Pa Hing and Pak Koll, both small villages south-east of Chieng 

 Mai, seemed to be favourable resorts for all kinds of big cats and during my stay there 

 a fine male specimen was trapped. 



At Pak Koh I had some small traps put out in the jungles in order to catch some 

 Civets and once a Clouded Leopard had been in the trap which was baited with a bullock 

 head. However, it got away having taken the whole trap and the anchor up in a neigh- 

 bouring tree where the trap was found twisted among the branches. 



