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have a larger head and tail. The guigna is of a fawn 

 colour, marked with round black spots about five 

 lines in diameter, extending along the back to the 

 end of the tail. The colocólo has a white body, 

 marked with irregular black and yellow spots, and 

 the tail is encircled with black rings. They prey 

 upon mice and birds, and sometimes are seen near 

 country houses, whither they are attracted by the 

 poultry. I have been informed by some of the in- 

 habitants that there are several other species of the 

 wild- cat, but I have seen only the two described above. 



The pagi (felis puma) called by the Mexicans 

 mitzli, and in Peru puma, the name by which it is^ 

 best known to naturalists, has by the Spaniards been 

 denominated the lion, which it resembles in its shape 

 and its roaring, but is wholly destitute of a mane. 

 The hair on the upper part of its body is of a greyish 

 ash- colour, marked with yellow spots, and is longer 

 than that of the tiger, particularly on the buttocks, 

 but that on the belly is of a dusky white. Its length 

 from the nose to the root of the tail is about five feet, 

 and its height from the bottom of the foot to the 

 shoulder twenty-six and a half inches. It has a round 

 head shaped much like that of a cat, the ears are 

 short and pointed, the eyes large with yellow irides 

 and brown pupils. Its nose is broad and flat, the 

 muzzle short, the upper lip entire and furnished with 

 whiskers, the mouth deep, and the tongue large and 

 rough. In each jaw it has four incisors, four sharp 

 pointed canine teeth, and sixteen grinders. Its breast 

 is broad, the paws have each five toes armed with 



