lg SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Turkestan and described by Dr. J. E. Gray' in 1873 as 
tainly much shorter than was represented m Dr. Grays figure, hut this mig 
due in part at least to a portion having been lost. Accordingly, in the published li t of 
u <• T n ni od the snecies as Felts sp. near F. pardina (? Chcms caudatus, Gray.) 
CZ’auTuy n im wo additional skins of the same cat were brought from Yfakaj; 
one by MrThaw Z the other by Dr. Scully. Neither is perfect, but Mr. Shaw’s specr^ 
, y , + i ws ant i the whole skeleton has been preserved with the skm. It 
“^LTthat the specie was quite distinct from Chaus candatm, the tail being consideraM 
itSr »d toSoT quite a different form. I consequently described this app^ 
ucw form, and named it after Mr. R. B. Shaw, to whom we are so much indebted for 
Pre "^“ "“'greyish fulvous above the back rather darker ^ 
the sides underparts white; the body marked throughout with rather small black sp 
which are largest on the abdomen, smaller and closer together on the should® ‘“ d * >r 
tending to form cross lines on the latter, and indistinct on the middle of the liae , . 
mirttan of the face and mmsle whitish, cheek stripes of rusty red and black hams nuke 
Ears rather more rufous outside, especially towards the tip, “hi^^hemme' sor# 8 
nointed the hairs at the end scarcely lengthened •, mterioi of eais ■ rJ . 0 A\' 
f ai^t ruf ouT spots at the side of the neck. Breast very faintly rufous - h - ^ 
brownish hand across. Inner side of limbs mostly white, a black ^ ^snR the^ ^ 
■md a verv black spot behind the tarsus. Apparently there are two black bands ins 
tlii-h, but the limbs are ill-preserved in all the specimens. Tail dusky above near tl 
with 5 or 6 black bars above on the posterior half, none below, the dark bars c osei » 
towards the tip. Ear soft, moderately long, purplish-grey towards the base 
The size appears rather to exceed that of a domestic cat, and to equal that of F. 
The tail apparently is about half the length of the body without the head. In th t ^ 
skins examined, the length from nose to rump is about 2o inches the tail 7 to 8, hu 
little dependence can be placed on such measurements. The tail-vertebrse from iep ^ 
ernl of the sacrum measure when put together 8*75 inches, which would coincide with 
measurement outside the body of about 7^ inches. _ f ny lP sk l1 ^ 
The skeleton is that of an adult animal, and the following are dimensions 
and limb bones : 
Total length of skull 
Length from incisors to lower edge of foramen magnum 
Breadth across hinder parts of zygomatic arches 
„ behind postorbital processes . 
Least breadth of face between orbits . 
Length of suture between nasal bones 
Greatest diameter of bony orbit 
Length of bony palate behind incisors 
Length of mandible . 
Height of do. from the angle to the top of the eorronoid process 
Length of femur 
of tibia 
of humerus 
of radius 
Metre. 
•108 
•093 
•073 
•031 
•020 
•025 
•032 
•041 
•073 
•033 
•140 
•141 
•126 
•133 
inches. 
4 - 25 
3 - 67 
2-87 
1-23 
0-8 
1 - 
1-25 
1 - 63 
2 - 88 
1-3 
5 - 52 
5-57 
4 - 95 
5 - 26 
P. Z. S. 1874, p. 31, PL VJ, VII. 
