HUNTING LEOPARD. 
Pennant, who seems to have first named 
the present objed of our enquiry the Hunting 
Leopard, and to have copied Schreber's figure, 
which we have also adopted, gives as syno- 
nimes, the Leopard, of Boullaye le Gouz ; 
the Fehs Jubata, of Schreber ; the Guepard 
of BufFon ; and, also — which seems to have 
misled Dr. Shaw — the Jaguar or Leopard of 
BufFon, as well as the animal in the Leverian 
Museum. 
Pennant, however, has erred chiefly in his 
synonimes ; his description we shall lay wholly 
before our readers. 
It has," says Pennant, "a small head. 
The irides are pale orange. The end of the 
nose is black. From each corner of the 
mouth, to that of each eye, there is a dusky 
line. The ears are short, tawny, and marked 
with a brown bar. The face, chin, and throat, 
are of a pale yellowish brovv^n. The face is 
slightly spotted. The body is of a light tawny- 
brown, marked with numbers of small round 
black spots ; not in circles, but each distin6l. 
The spots on the rim and outside of the legs 
are larger : the insides of the legs are plain. 
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