Children's own library . THE OCELOT fondness for its keeper, and will play with him like acat. It is exceedingly fond of some scents, especiallypreferring lavender water, by means of which it hasbeen taught to perform several tricks. The Leopard and Panther are considered the sameanimal, on the authority of Mr. Gray. The Jaguar inhabits America. It is larger and morepowerful than the leopard, which it resembles in color,but has a black streak across the chest and a black spot woods natural history 27 in the centre of the rosettes. It is fond of climbingtrees, and chases monkeys successfully, a
Children's own library . THE OCELOT fondness for its keeper, and will play with him like acat. It is exceedingly fond of some scents, especiallypreferring lavender water, by means of which it hasbeen taught to perform several tricks. The Leopard and Panther are considered the sameanimal, on the authority of Mr. Gray. The Jaguar inhabits America. It is larger and morepowerful than the leopard, which it resembles in color,but has a black streak across the chest and a black spot woods natural history 27 in the centre of the rosettes. It is fond of climbingtrees, and chases monkeys successfully, and is said towatch for turtles on the beach, and to scoop out theirflesh by turning them on their backs, and inserting itspaws between the shells ; and will enter water after. THE ANGORA CAT fish, and capture them in the shallows by strikingthem out of the water with a blow of its paw. The Puma inhabits the whole of America, and is heldin much dread by the natives. Its color is a uniform gray,fading into white on the under parts of its body. It livesmuch on trees, and usually lies along the branches. We always speak of this animal as the panther, or painter, as it is more familiarly pronounced; some 28 WOODS NATURAL HISTORY term it the cougar, a word contracted from the originalelongated unpronounceable Mexican name, Gou-azouara. The Ocelot is a native of Mexico and Peru. Its heightis about eighteen inches, and its length about three feet.
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