limb, and we shot it. I examined it closely, and it was anything 
but like a domestic cat that becomes wild. I have seen many 
domestic cats that took to the woods, they are great game de- 
stroyers, and I have killed them, but there are differences about 
the size of the head and body which allow no mistakes being 
made by a careful observer." It will be indeed interesting if a 
form of Fclis Catus can be added to the list of our Pennsylvania 
fauna a i this late date and it will show that science never stands 
still, that there are constant rewards in store for the seekers 
after knowledge. It is hoped that the publication of this little 
pamphlet will have the effect of shedding further light on the 
question, and that communications will come in from experienced 
hunters and trappers, who will by the weight of their evidence 
either prove or disprove this important and interesting topic. 
Just because natural histories, often the work of parlor or pro- 
fessional naturalists, who do not dare deviate from the hewn 
path of their equally indoor predecessors, declare that such and 
such an animal or bird does not exist or never existed, probably 
several species have been lost or confused in Pennsylvania 
faunal history — cases in point are the Black Moose, and the 
Bison, now clearly established as a part of our list of mammals 
within the past two hundred years. 
Henry W. Shoemaker, 
Altoona Tribune Office, May 6, 1922. 
