PANTHER. 
C ^ elongated tail \ and yellow body 
I‘£LI3 I ARBI’S • s marked, with orbicular spots above , 
C and lengthened ones below . 
The colour of tile Panther is a bright and beautiful taw- 
ny yellow, thickly marked all over the upper parts of the 
body, shoulders* and thighs, with roundish black spots* 
disposed into circles, consisting of four, or five separate 
spots, and there is commonly a central spot in each circle ; 
on the face and legs, the spots are single *, and along the 
top of the back, is a row of oblong spots, which are still 
longer as they approach the tail ; the breast and belly are 
whitish, the former marked with transverse dusky stripes, 
the latter, and the tail with large irregular black spots. 
To a mere general observer, the Panther and the Leopard 
are so extremely alike as to be frequently mistaken for each 
other; the principal, and it maybe safely asserted, the 
cnly permanent distinction between them, is, that the Pan- 
ther is of more considerable size, and his general colour 
of a richer or more fulvous yellow ; in general, the circu- 
lar black marks are larger, and more distinct, and the 
black spot in. the centre, is more frequently in the 
Panther than Leopard. The Panther is principally found 
in Africa, and is to that country, what the Tiger is to 
