tho Isle of Man cats are tailless, and have long hind leg& Tho domestic creole cat of Antigua is small, with an elongated head; and that of Paraguay, also small, has a lanky body. In the Nfalay Archipelago, Siam, Pegu, Burma, all the domestiatted cats have truncated taiLa, avith joint at the end. In China a breed has drooping cam Tho large Angora or l'ersian cat is supposed to be the descendant of the Fells manal of Middle Asia ; it breeds freely with Indian cats.
Whittington's nursery tale of England is rivalled by the story of the Florentine Messer AnsaIdo degli Ormanni, in a letter of Conte Lorenzo Magalotti' in the Scelta di Lettere Familiari,' published by Nardini, Lend. 1802, p. 139 ; his two cats, due bellissimi gatti, un maschio nna fenainina, soon relieved the king of BM island (Canaria) on which he liad been cast by a violent tempest, from the plague of mice, and he was recompensed con richissimi doni.'—Earl, p. 333 ; Darwin's Animals and Plants; Ouseley's Travels, p. 171 ; Jour. As. Soc. of Beng. 1856, p. 441.
Felis uncia, Schr., the Ounce.
F. uncioides, Malys. I F. irbis, Ehrenb.
F. parch's, Pallas.
Sah, BHOT. Pab-le , LEPCII.
Snow leopard, . ENG. Burrel hay, . SIMLA.
Thur-wag, . KANAWAR. Iker, TIBET.
The snow leopard is found in the higher parts of the Himalaya, from 9000 to 18,000 feet, accord ing to the season. Its ground colour is of a pale yellowish. grey ; head, cheeks, and back of neck with small irregular black spots. It kills the wild and domestic sheep. Length, head and body 44 feet, tail 3 feet.
Felis diardi, Desna., Clouded Leopard.
F. macroceles, Team. IF. macroceloides, Hodgs.
F. nebulosa, Grif.
Zik, . . . . BROT. I . . . LEP.
Lam-chittia of the KHAB. I A handsome, powerful leopard of the S.E. Hima laya from 5000 to 10,000 feet elevation; also in Nep'al, Sikkim, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. Very destructive to sheep, goats, pigs, and dogs. Usual ground colour, pale greenish brown. • Fells viverkina, 'Bennett, Large Tiger Cat.
F. viverriceps, Hodgs. I F. Himalayana, Jardine.
F. cmlidogaster, Temm. I F.Bengalensis,Buch, Ham.