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CHAUS. 
mal^ the tail seems rather longer than in the for- 
mer^ and without the least appearance of bars. 
Mr. Pennant considers this as a distinct species, 
under the name of New Spain Cat, 
CHAUS. 
Felis Chaus. F. cauda mediocri, apicem versus annulata, apice 
ipso nigra, corpore reliquo ex fuscescente Ivteo, auriculis extns 
brmmeis apice nigro barbatis. Lin. Sj/st. Nat. Gmel. pi 82. 
Guldenstedt nov. comm. pet rop. I'j'j^.p. 483. t. 14, 15. 
Brownish-yellow C. with moderately short tail, annulated to- 
wards the tip, with the tip itself black, and the ears brown> 
bearded with black at the tips. 
Caspian Lynx. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 504. 
This species was first described by Professor 
Guldenstedt in the Petersburgh Transactions. It 
is an inhabitant of the woody and marshy tracts 
that border on the western side of the Caspian 
Sea, and in the Persian provinces of Ghilan and 
Masenderan, and is frequent about the mouth of 
the Kttr, the ancient Cyrus. In manners, voice, 
and food, it agrees with the wild Cat. Its gene- 
ral length is about two feet six inches from the 
nose to the tail ; but it has been known to mea- 
sure three feet : the tail reaches only to the flexure 
of the legs. The colour of this species is a dusky 
yellowish-brown; the breast and belly much 
brighter, or more inclining to orange-colour: the 
tail is tipped with black, and has three obscure 
black bars at some distance from the tip; and on 
