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Description .—Ground colour on back and sides reddish grey, below white, 
body and limbs sparsely spotted with brown ; four black lines run from fore¬ 
head to past the shoulders, from which they are continued in the form of spots. 
Cheek stripes and throat bands as usual, tail rufous grey and not spotted or 
striped. 
Measurements.— Head and body, 16 to 18 ins. ; tail, 9 to 10 ins. 
PALLAS’ CAT. 
Felis Manul. 
Habitat. —Thibet and Ladak, Siberia and Mongolia. It lives among rocks 
and deserts and preys on small animals. 
Description. —It is about the size of a domestic cat. Fur soft, long and 
very thick. The skull is remarkably broad for its length. Colour silvery grey 
to yellowish bulf ; brown breast, lower parts white. Indistinct black trans¬ 
verse stripes, narrow and far apart, across the loins ; narrow black rings on 
tail which is tipped black. 
Measurements. —-Head and body, 18f ins. ; tail, 8£ ins. ; height 9 ins.; 
weight, 6 to 7\ lbs. 
