AMERICAN SERVAL. 371 
row stripes on the back, and with numerous round 
small spots on the legs and sides; the belly is 
whitish, and the chin of a pure white : the tail is 
barred with black : the length of the animal is two 
feet and a half. It inhabits North America. 
Mr. P. adds, that it grows very fat, and is consi- 
dered as a mild and gentle animal. The species 
mentioned by Bulfon, under the title of Chat 
sauvage de la Caroline, is supposed by Mr. Pen- 
nant to be the same animal ; it is described by 
Buffon from a coloured drawing communicated to 
him by Mr. Peter Collinson, and is said to be of 
the size of a common Cat, and of a clear brown 
colour mixed with grey, and striped on the back 
and sides with longitudinal marks of black along 
its whole length, from head to tail : the tail was 
annulated with black and white, and the abdo- 
men pale, and spotted with black : the legs were 
also spotted ; and on each side the nose beneath 
the eyes was a large black spot. 
Far, ? 
In the same volume of his supplement, Mr. 
Buffon gives a figure of an animal of this tribe 
under the name of Chat saumge de la Nouvelle 
Espagne. It is said to be four feet long from 
nose to tail : its eyes rather small, and its tail ra- 
ther short: its colour a blueish-grey, slightly 
speckled with blackish : its hair coarse, and suffi- 
ciently strong for painters' pencils with a firm 
point. According to BufFon's figure of this ani- 
