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Show 52 MESSRS. DANFORD AND ALSTON ON [Feb. 3. the south and south-western mountains near the coast. An adult female specimen, the skeleton of which is now in the British Museum, was procured in the Giaour Dagh near Osmanieh on the 20th Jan.; it measured in the flesh :- inches. Length of head and body 59 Length of tail '^7 Height at shoulder 26 6. *FELIS CATUS, Linn. Yaban-lcedi. D. & A., no. 5. A Wild Cat from the mountains near Marash is strikingly different from the Zebil specimens described in our previous paper. Instead of being of an unusually clear grey ground-colour, marked with distinct dark spots, the present example is very tawny in general tint, faintly but regularly brindled with a darker rufous-grey. There is a distinct black stripe along the upper surface of the tail, the rings of which are imperfect and interrupted, excepting those near the tip. The Asia-Minor Wild Cats would thus appear to be much more variable in coloration than any European specimens which we have examined. 7. *fFELIS CHAUS, Giild. This species appears to be tolerably common near Marash, where it inhabits the marshy districts known as the Plain of Bazardjik; skins from this locality do not appear to differ in any way from North-African specimens. The Booted Cat is also found in Southern Persia and in Palestine. 8. *FELIS LYNX, Linn. D. & A., p. 272. In our first paper we introducd the F. lynx doubtfully, on the strength of a skin purchased in Constantinople. Last year Danford obtained a very fiue specimen from the mountains near Albistan, thus proving that the ranges of the Northern and South-European Lynxes meet in Asia Minor. The Albistan skin differs much from the Constantinople one, which was only obscurely spotted. Its ground-colour above is a beautiful silvery rufous, the longer hairs being largely tipped with white ; and it is marked with numerous jet-black spots, which are linear in shape on the back and rounded on the flanks ; on the thighs the spots show au inclination to group themselves into rosettes, like those of the Leopard. 9. *FELIS PARDINA, Temm. Ushek. D. & A., no. 6. 10. *FELIS CARACAL, Linn. Kara-koulak. D. & A., no. 7- [*TFELIS JUBATA, Schreb. A skin of the Cheetah was presented to Danford at Biledjik, on the Euphrates, by his host Sheik Mustapha, who stated that the animal had been killed among the rocks near Sevi, a small village about five hours down the river on the Mesopotamian side ; it was the only specimen which he had ever seen. This Society has received |
