. The museum of natural history, with introductory essay on the natural history of the primeval world : being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture . n uncommon sagacity, asserting that in order to approach the foivlt<unsuspected, and to surprise them, it imitates theiivoice. It feeds chiefly on fowls, birds, and small quad-rupeds; but, in case of necessity, it also devours is, we are further informed
. The museum of natural history, with introductory essay on the natural history of the primeval world : being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom, quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture . n uncommon sagacity, asserting that in order to approach the foivlt<unsuspected, and to surprise them, it imitates theiivoice. It feeds chiefly on fowls, birds, and small quad-rupeds; but, in case of necessity, it also devours is, we are further informed, a very fierce and untame-able animal. In the British Museum list of preservedspecimens, it is designated Leopnrdus Javanensis. THE BTJLTJ [Fdis Suinatrana).— As far as regardssize, the comparative shortness of the tail, the length ofthe limbs, and in the disposition of its spotted markings,this species very closely resembles the to Horsfield, the general ground colour ofthe fur is ferruginous, inclining to yellowish-grey, moreintense on the back, the crown of the head, and theupper part of the tail; paler on the sides, and passinginto whitish-grey on tlie cheeks, breast, abdomen, andthe interior of the thighs and legs. The Bulu (fig. 33)is an inhabitant of Sumatra, Java, acd the contiguous Fig. The Biilii (Fel islands. In the list of specimens preserved in our Na-tional Museum, it is also associated with the leopards. THE OCELOT {Fells pardalis) inhabits tlie forests oftropical America, and is an attractive-looking body is about three feet in length, exclusive of thetail, which measm-es from twelve to fourteen general colour of the fur is fulvous-grey, the inferiofparts of the throat, neck, and belly being nearly entire surface is beautifully streaked with irregu-larly shaped patches of a black colour; these spotshaving a marked tendency to form longitudinal bands,especially at the upper part of the body. The ears
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