. Animals in menageries. spots oneach side : those nearest the back are entirely deep black,but on the sides they are more oblong, and becomeocellated or ringed ; while on the shoulders they takethe form of three waved perpendicular ocellated stripes:the legs are banded by small transverse spots, nearlyround. All the under parts are v/hite, and coveredwith small black spots, except the throat, which iscrossed by two black lines: the cheeks are white,marked by black stripes : four other stripes are also onthe back of the neck, two of which commence from theeyes: chin white, and unspotted. Tail
. Animals in menageries. spots oneach side : those nearest the back are entirely deep black,but on the sides they are more oblong, and becomeocellated or ringed ; while on the shoulders they takethe form of three waved perpendicular ocellated stripes:the legs are banded by small transverse spots, nearlyround. All the under parts are v/hite, and coveredwith small black spots, except the throat, which iscrossed by two black lines: the cheeks are white,marked by black stripes : four other stripes are also onthe back of the neck, two of which commence from theeyes: chin white, and unspotted. Tail eleven incheslong, and ringed with dusky white and black. Thewhole animal stands but six inches high; and measures,with the tail, two feet ten inches in extreme length.*The collection was soon after dispersed; and not know-ing into whose hands this specimen has now passed,we have lost all power of again investigating its cha-racters. The Small-spotted Ocelot. Fells Smithii, Nob. Ocelot No. 2., Hamilton Smith. (Fig. 17.). The third species of this beautiful group we wish todesignate by the name of that naturahst, whose intimateacquaintance with the Mammalia generally, and with thepresent family in particular, justly places him as the * Zool. of Mexico Illustrated, p. CLOUDED TIGER. 121 first authority upon these subjects in this country. Weshall give its peculiar distinctions in his own words,and trust that, ere long, we shall be able to recordsomething more of the native habits of the ocelots ingeneral than we can at present communicate. The size is about that of the Fells mitis of Desma-rest (Ocelot No. 1.), but the rufous colour spreads overa larger space on the back and hams, while the spotson the shoulders are more numerous and is one large spot on the cheek, and four or fivesmall, open, chain-like spots on the hamsi There are nospecks within the large streaks. All the foregoingspecies have been admirably etched by Mr. T. Landseer,from the original drawings of
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