having rufous centres. Flanks and loins yellowish white, striped with broad lines of rufous margined with black. The
spots on the shoulders are often quite small. Legs, both inside and out, spotted with black, the spots growing smaller as
they pass down to the feet, the ground-colour of these members being a light buff, becoming a huffy white on the feet.
Cheeks white, crossed with two rather broad lines of black. Chin, throat, breast, and belly white; a black line crosses
the throat beneath the cheeks, and passes down each side of the neck. Breast and belly spotted with black, these spots
largest on the belly. Ears behind black, with a conspicuous white spot near the tip. Tail rather long, dark buff, with
numerous bands and irregularly shaped spots of brownish black, the tip being also blackish.
This is the usual style of this species, and may he considered typical; but individuals vary so much that it is
impossible to get two alike; indeed 'the two sides of the same animal are usually differently marked
A specimen of F. pardalis in the Leyden Museum, marked F. annillata, from Surinam, is peculiar from having the sides
diagonally striped with white bordered on each side with black, the ground-colour between these being grey. Three
black stripes run along the centre of the back; but no white is visible on that part. The tail is greyish white, barred with
brownish black, the bars becoming very broad towards the tip, which is also brownish black, but not so dark as the bands.
The legs are light grey, thickly spotted with dark brown. The head and back of neck are yellowish, with the usual black
stripes. Cheeks, throat, and underparts white. Two black bars on the first of these, and a broken one on the throat.
Belly spotted with dark brown. This is one of the extreme variations that are occasionally met with. Length from nose
to' root of tail about 29 inches, tail 16.
I give in my Plate representations of the typical stage and three of the variations, viz.:—the one called F. melanura, Ball;
the F. gnsea, Gray; and a striped pattern that, so far as I know, has happily escaped a name Although I have called
them on the Plate var. melanura, &e., I do not by this mean to imply that they are in any way entitled to a separate rank.
The animals are simply all F. pardalis.
The skull varies so much in different Ocelots, as acknowledged by Dr. Gray, that a description would probably only
answer for the one under examination at the tim e ; and therefore it seems best to give a general idea of it taken from
several specimens. Skull moderate; greatest width equal to about three fifths of the length. Face rather short; nose
narrow, concave before the orbits, whieh are large and incomplete. Brain-case broad, rather oblong. Canines moderate
in size. An occipital crest is developed on some skulls; but others have no indication of it. Auditory bulke swollen and
prominent. Interorbital space rather broad.