BRASILIA!: TIGER. 
varieties only. He describes the iris to be of jf, 
a brov^n colour, inclining to green ; and the jj, 
edges of the eyes black, with a white band both y 
above and below. The colour of the head is 
yellow, blended with grey, which is also the |js 
ground-colour of the spots ; and the latter are im 
bordered with black bands. These spots and {(ju 
bands are grounded on a dirty reddish white, 
inclining more or less to grey. The ears are n-lij 
black, with a very larg^ white spot on theii [lyo 
external part. The tail is long, and well co- 
vered with hair. We suspe6i:, however, it': n^iiii 
affinity to the Ounce, rather than to the Jaguar sceii 
which is our Brasilian Tiger. Buffon him jm,) 
self says, at the commencement of his de jj [ 
scription of the Jaguar, *' his hair is a beautifu ^-^-^ 
yellow; and not grey, like that of th( ^fi 
Ounce." oj-jl, 
The account of the Jaguar of Guiana, is a ^.en 
once more certain, and more im.portant — fjntj 
m' 
** M. Sonini De Manoncour,'* says BufFor in [p, 
** has made some excellent remarks on th y^. 
Jaguars of Guiana, which 1 shall here tran ij^^ 
scrib 
