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CARNIVORA. 
THE MACROURUS* OF TEMMINCK. 
Felis Macrourus, 
This is about the size of a wild cat, and the tail is 
as long as the body : the neck is short ; and the 
head, more especially the face, particularly so. Its 
ground-colour is pale buff above, and white beneath, 
which is marked, all over the animal, with longi- 
tudinal irregular black streaks ; two or three only on 
the shoulders and rump, open, or with centres of 
buff. The tail is marked with rings and spots, and 
the feet with round spots. The specimen was brought 
from South America. 
THE MARGAYf. LE MERGAY. 
Felts Tigrina* Gm. p. 80. 
This is a South American species, not larger than 
a full-sized cat, which resides in the trees, and has 
all the manners and habits of the common wild cat. 
In the shape and direction of the marks it is an 
ocelot ; but they are of a uniform black-brown colour, 
* Apparently from y.ocx^os and 0^0$, long-tailed, 
t From Maracaya, the native name. 
