:brasilian tiger. 
ing sent to him by Mr. Colllnson, without 
either name or history, differing from the 
Ounce and Leopard in the form of it's spots, 
land still more from the Jaguar and Ocelot, has 
la greater relation to the Jaguar than to the 
Leopard. Having only seen a singlejaguarette, 
he cannot determine whether they are two di- 
stindi species, or varieties of the same. The 
Jaguarette is entirely black, with the spots or 
markln2"S of a deeper black than the ground- 
colour, after the m.anner of the Black Leopard. 
I^To ur,, the analogy appears the same ; and the 
rjaguarette might therefore be called, v/ith 
j equal propriety, the Black Brasilian Tiger, or 
I the Black Jaguar. 
In his Supplement to the Jaguar, Buffon 
adds the more recent information which he 
[had obtained respe6ling the Jaguar of New 
Spain, and the Jaguar of Guiana. 
With respe6l to the Jaguar of New Spain, 
Buffon asserts, that the differences in the form 
pf the spots, between this animal and the Ja- 
guar, or Brasilian Tiger, seem to be individual 
varieties 
