JAGUAR LEOPARD. 
veral lesser spots m their centre of the same 
colour. These spots, of v/hich some are ob- 
long, and others circular, are frequently three 
inches in diameter. The spots on the head, 
breast^ belly, and legs, are entire. 
^' The second species is the Little Panther 
of Oppian : to which the ancients have as- 
signed no particular name; but modern travel- 
lers have called it Ounce, from the ccrupted 
term Lynx or Lunx. We shall adopt the 
name Onnce, because the animal has some 
affinity to the Lynx. The Ounce is niuch 
smaller than the Panther ; being only three 
feet and a half long, which is nearly the size 
of the Lynx. The length of the hair exceeds 
that of the Panther ; as well as that of the 
tail, which is sometimes more than three feet 
in length, though the. body of the Ounce is, 
on the whole, one-third less than that of the 
Panther, v^/hose tail is only about two feet and 
a half. The ground colonr of the Ounce is 
a whitish grey on the back and sides, and the 
grey is still whiter on the belly. Bet the back 
and sides of the Panther are always of a more 
or less deep yellow colour. The spots are 
nearly 
