BLACK LEOPARD. 
animals, are merely tie negroes of the Leo- 
pard race. 
In short, simple spots, circular, or nearly- 
circular, seem to be chara6^:eristics of the 
Leopard ; and rings, or oval spots, with round 
spots in their centres, distinguish Panthers ei- 
ther large or small ; just as the Tiger, and it^s 
affinities, some of which have also been con- 
founded with the Leopard, are marked with 
©bloDg streaks, or stripes, and not with spots. 
