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GENUS FELIS OF AMERICA. 
without the marks indicated in the specific character. The 
whiskers of all arose from a dark-coloured spot on the face. 
The blackish tip of the tail measured 5 inches ; and, from 
the length and position of the hairs, made the extremity 
the thickest part of the tail, or gave it a claviform shape. 
One of these animals was a female, shot while searching for 
prey in a lofty tree : its whelp was at the bottom, feeding 
on a monkey, which had probably been killed by the mo- 
ther. The young one was also shot. The body of the 
latter measured, from nose to tail, 2 feet, and the tail 1 foot 
1 inch. The upper part of the body was not of an uniform 
colour like the dam, but it had three chains of blackish- 
brown spots along its back, with several scattered markings 
of the same colour on its sides, neck, and shoulders. The 
crown of the head had several obscure stripes; but the 
blackish spot at the roots of the vibrissse, and the black 
backs of the ears, were very conspicuous. The lower part 
of the body, and the insides of the limbs, were of a dirty 
yellowish-grey, with dull-brown bars. These marks disap- 
pear in the full-grown animal. 
The largest of Mr Edmondston's specimens seemed an 
animal of prodigious power. It had a much larger head, 
in proportion to its size, than the figures of Buffon and 
Shaw ; and its canine teeth were enormously large. The 
dimensions are as follow : 
Feet. Inches. 
Length from nose to tail, ----- - 4 9 
—of tail, 2 6 
Total length, 7 3 
Length of the head, - -- -- -- 1 0 
Circumference of ditto, 1 9| 
Length of the large canine teeth above the jaw, 0 1| 
Liverpool, 
November 1822. 
