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sportsman,” armed and equipped with the best ap- 
proved gear and tackle, with portable camp-stools, 
easels, and all the paraphernalia so delectable to the 
craft, inquired, with much assurance, if there “was 
much, if any, shooting hereabouts.” “Oh, yes,” said 
his guide, “pooty tol'able, now and then a Fainter; 
several on ’em killed this season.” The prowess of 
the artist-sportsman, as we may conceive, was mar- 
vellously tried l)y this answer. One of the largest 
male Furnas we have ever seen was at the establish- 
ment of Mr. Bell, the New York taxidermist ; it was 
shot by one of the engineers engaged in a survey of the 
Adirondack region. Several fine specimens are kept 
in the Zoological Collection at Central Fark, where 
they have repeatedly bred, giving birth usually to 
two. De Kay says ; “When a boy, I remember the 
consternation occasioned by the appearance of one 
of these animals (the Fuma) in Westchester County, 
not more than twenty-five miles from New York.” 
In the early settlement of the State, the animal was 
believed to be a Lion. In Vanderdonck’s History of 
the New Netherlands, the author says, “ Though the 
country is fierce in climate, and in winter seems 
rather cold, nevertheless. Lions are found there, but 
not by the Christians, who have traversed the land 
without seeing one. 'Hie females are only known to 
us, and those only by the skins; the males are too 
fierce and active to be taken.” 'i’he Fuma is occa- 
sionally seen in the Catskill Mountains, and particu- 
larly in the counties of Herkimer, St. Lawrence and 
Hamilton, N. Y. Individuals have been shot in 
Yermont, and a few have been seen and captured in 
Massachusetts. It is rarely seen farther north than 
New York. 
THL JAGUAE {Felis onca, Linn.) — Fig. 36, vol. i, 
p. 116. — 'J’his magnificent Cat exceeds in size, 
strength and beauty all other Carnivores of the con- 
tinent ; indeed, these special attributes have gained 
for it the title of American 'Hger. It is found as far 
north as Eastern 'i’exas, extending to Red River, and 
south through Faraguay and Brazil. Its westernmost 
limit, according to i\lr. Weyss, is the Gaudeloupe 
Canon (Sierra madre). 'The Apaches call it 'I’utin- 
quille, and the Mexicans, 'I’igre. 'J’he Jaguar is the 
representative of the Leopard on this continent, and, 
though larger, is very closely allied to it. 
Jn the Zoological Collection at Central Fark, 
N. Y., are several fine full-grown Leopards of both 
sexes ; there have been at various times very beau- 
tiful specimens of the Jaguar, also adult, and of 
either sex. We have been very familiar with the 
various aspects of these creatures, regarding them, 
as they are stationed near each other, with critical 
attention. It is difficult to point out any very marked 
dift'erence between them, excepting, of course, tlie 
very notable one of angular and sjjotted rings. 'The 
head of the Jaguar is rather longer, and the visage is 
less amiable ; there is also a general expression of 
muscular power, which, in the Leoi)ard, is concealed 
by a roundness of outline in every part. These fea- 
tures, however, may not be noticeable in the wild 
state. 'The tail of the Jaguar is shorter than that of 
the Leopard, reaching the ground only as it stands 
upon all-fours. On the breast of the former are two 
or three prominent black marks, which are not seen 
in the Leopard. Some individuals — and one notable 
example we have seen in the Central Park Collec- 
tion — have the skin most brilliantly colored, the 
ground being of the richest golden sheen, upon which 
the deep-black rosettes contrast most admirably. A 
black variety is not uncommon, wherein the spots 
are still visible, though the color of the fur is very 
nearly uniform ; this is due, probably, to a melanotic 
condition, which is supposed to be induced by the 
presence of too much iron in the blood. An opposite 
state is that of the albino — one in which there is 
complete absence of coloring matter in the skin and 
certain other tissues; the eye, for example, is red in 
the latter, owing to the delicate membranes haying 
no coloring but that given by the presence of red 
blood. 'Two fine specimens of the Black Jaguar are 
in the American hluseum, Central Park. N. Y. It is 
the general impression that the Jaguar, as well as 
the Puma, is intractable and untamable, but in- 
stances are extant of both creatures being tamed 
and made quite docile. A specimen of the Jaguar, 
taken to England by Capt. Inglefield, of the British 
Navy, proved so thoroughly good-natured that it was 
to its keepers all that any dotnestic Cat may be. 
“It was playful, and was as mischievous in its sport 
as any kitten, delighting to find any one who would 
join in a game of romps, and acting just as a kitten 
would under the same circumstances. As the animal 
increased in size and strength, its play began to be 
rather too rough to be agreeable.” 'I’his individual 
was two years old when it was taken to England. 
'J’wo years after its arrival, Capt. Inglefield visited it, 
when the creature at once recognized its former 
owner, allowing him to pet it, and exhibiting con- 
siderable fondness. 'I’lie Jaguar will not attack Man 
unprovoked, but is a fearless and relentless enemy to 
all other living creatures, excepting the Boa Con- 
strictor. We were told that a large Jaguar, which 
remained some time in the Central Park Zoological 
Collection, had been kept in confinement many 
years, and had been the hero of several remarkable 
tales. At one time, while “ on the roa'd ” with Mr. 
Van Amburgh’s Menagerie, the cage of a large Boa 
required some repairs ; its glass door was newly set 
in ])utty. During the following night, the huge folds 
of the snake pressed off the glass, and gave speedy 
exit to the occupant. It was but a coil or so distant 
from the den of the Jaguar. 'The huge serpent, now 
experiencing a realizing sense of the blessings of 
liberty, quietly and cautiously unfolded a scheme of 
neighborly visitings. The usual grand rounds of 
the night-watchman brought him, in due course, to 
the Jaguar’s cage, where a most extraordinary tableau 
was in progress. 'The great Cat, whose prowess is 
not wont to be arraigned for trifles, was crouched in 
one corner, utterly impotent with fear, and exhibit- 
ing in his visage every expression of profound terror 
and apprehension that brute is capable of, while the 
stolid, unconcerned serpent lay, all innocent of harm- 
ful motive, coiled' around the bars of the cage, his 
head peering in and out of the perilous presence of 
