APPENDIX. 
The Puma, or Lion of x\merica. 
The following passage occurs in an article on “ The 
K"aturalist in La Plata,” by the late Professor Komanes, 
which appeared in the Nineteenth Cenhiry^ May, 1893. 
After quoting the account of the puma’s habits and character 
given in the book, the writer says : — “ I have received 
corroboration touching all these points from a gentleman 
who, wdien walking alone and unarmed on the skirts of a 
forest, was greatly alarmed by a large puma coming out to 
meet him. Deeming it best not to stand, he advanced to 
meet the animal, which thereupon began to gambol around 
his feet and rub against his legs, after the manner of an 
affectionate cat. At first he thought these movements must 
have been preliminary to some peculiar mode of attack, and 
therefore he did not respond, but walked quietly on, until 
the puma suddenly desisted and re-entered the forest. This 
gentleman says that, until the publication of Mr. Hudson’s 
book, he had always remained under the impression that 
that particular puma must have been insane.” 
Music and Dancing in Nature. 
I have found among my papers the following mislaid note 
on the subject of sportive displays of mammalians, which 
should have been used on page 281, wLere the subject is 
briefiy treated : — Most mammalians are comparatively silent 
and live on the ground, and not having the power to escape 
