BENGAL CAT. 3^1 
the 'Nnussi described by Labat, who calls it a 
sort of wild Cat of the size of a Dog, with a coat 
striped and varied like that of a Tiger. The 
length of a skin measured by Mr. Pennant was 
near three feet from nose to tail ; but Dr. Forster's 
specimen seems to have been much smaller. The 
head, however, figured in Mr. Miller's plate seems 
to agree with the size mentioned by Mr. Pennant. 
Mr. Miller's figure represents this animal ex- 
tremely brilliant in colour, viz. of the brightest 
fulvous yellow, with jet-black stripes and spots : the 
chin, throat, and breast, pale ash-colour: along 
the back are black stripes : on the sides of the 
neck, and on the breast, numerous small crescent- 
shaped spots pointing upwards : on the legs nu- 
merous roundish spots ; and the tail very strongly 
and distinctly annul ated with black and yellow. 
BENGAL CAT. 
Bengal Cat. Pemant Quadr, i. p. 2>g2. 
This, which is described by Mr. Pennant from 
a living specimen, is rather less than a common 
Cat, and more elegantly made. Colour of the 
head, upper jaw, and sides of the neck, back, and 
sides, a beautiful pale yellowish-brown : the head 
and face striped downwards with black: along 
the back three rows of short stripes of the same 
colour, pointing towards the tail: behind each 
shoulder, to the belly, is a black line : chin and 
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