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By HERBERT BOLTON, F.R.S.E., CURATOR OF 
THE BRISTOL MUSEUM. 
D uring the early part of the year the museum re- 
ceived two lion cubs from the Clifton Zoological 
Gardens, both of which present marked details of colora- 
tion of a somewhat unusual type. The smaller of the 
two cubs was born dead, and shows a degree of coloration 
much in advance of the second, which latter lived for a 
short time. 
The fur of the stillborn cub is marked out, especially 
along the dorsal line of the back, into a series of polygonal 
areas of a blackish to fawn colour, separated by narrow 
rims of lighter fawn-coloured hair. On the flanks and 
the limbs the spotted appearance is also well developed, 
but the enclosed areas are lighter in colour than those 
on the back, and stand out less prominently from the 
fawn rims, which are likewise paler in colour than on 
the back. 
From the nape of the neck on to the crown of the head 
are a few patches of fur darker than all the rest, and 
showing a tendency towards the formation of stripes, 
which radiate out on to the head between the ears, and 
come together in the nape of the neck. When viewed 
from above, the light fawn borders of the dark areas seem 
to run down the sides of the body as somewhat irregular 
stripes. 
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