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Show 262 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELID.E. [Mar. 14, A. Diurnal Cats.-The eyes diurnal, with a round pupil. The orbits of the skull moderate-sized, compared with the size skull; face of the skull elongate, high, broad, flattened above. * Forehead of skull suddenly elevated above the line of the 1. UNCIA. Skull broad; face broad, short, flat above ; forehead suddenly raised; crown convex in front and on the sides, concave behind; nasal bones broad, short, not reaching so far back as the upper edge of the maxillae ; upper processes of the intermaxillse rather elongate, extending about one-third up the sides of the nasals; orbits moderate, incomplete behind ; canines conical, moderate ; zygomatic arch very strong and high. This genus is at once known from the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, and Tortoise-shell Tiger by the shortness and breadth of the face, and the sudden elevation of the forehead. " Pupil round."-Hodgson. UNCIA IRBIS. (Fig. 1.) Felis uncia, Schreb. F. pardus, Pallas. F. panthera, Erxl. F. irbis, Ehr. F. tulliana, Valenc. F. uncioides, Hodgson. Hab. Tibet (? Smyrna, Vol.). Skull imperfect behind, nearly to the occiput. Length 6| inches, width 4-J- inches. Uncia irbis. |