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XXXV. — Remarks on some of the Americart 
Animals of the Ge7ius Felis, particularly on 
the Jaguar, Felis Onca, Linn, 
By T. S. Traill, M. D. F. R. S. E. &c. 
(Read mh January 1823.) 
A.MONG the genera into which Linn.eus has distri- 
buted the higher animals, none seems more natural, or bet- 
ter defined, than the genus Felis ; yet such is the vague 
descriptions given by most travellers, and by the older 
naturalists, that we are still in uncertainty respecting seve- 
ral of the species which compose it. My attention has been 
particularly drawn to this genus, by accidentally meeting 
with skins, and occasionally with living animals belonging 
to it, which I have in vain endeavoured to reconcile to the 
descriptions of authors ; and the magnificent collection of 
zoological drawings in the possession of Lord Stanley, 
has made me acquainted with several of the feline genus, 
which do not appear to have attracted the attention of our 
„best systematic writers. 
