. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. k. KdVl'TIAN CAT.âi-W/s Ma fiiliiUi TIr' isjicciis of Cat wliicli was lliu riiici! liy tlicsc _L; IioiKuirs of Ihc clianicl- luusc, IS till' aiuinal \vliicli is iv|.ivsciitr(l in tlic oii-Taviiin-. It is to be tl (iiininal slock iVoiii \\liicli (Icscciulctl liic race ol' liy the Kuvptian's liearlli, and (loiiieslie Cats wliicli ioiiiul their 1 were! so ])ious]y cherished liy that straii'fe, iuti'llect innu' ]nex].lii'a1de jieople. It is indjo'enoiis to Xuliia; and has he
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. k. KdVl'TIAN CAT.âi-W/s Ma fiiliiUi TIr' isjicciis of Cat wliicli was lliu riiici! liy tlicsc _L; IioiKuirs of Ihc clianicl- luusc, IS till' aiuinal \vliicli is iv|.ivsciitr(l in tlic oii-Taviiin-. It is to be tl (iiininal slock iVoiii \\liicli (Icscciulctl liic race ol' liy the Kuvptian's liearlli, and (loiiieslie Cats wliicli ioiiiul their 1 were! so ])ious]y cherished liy that straii'fe, iuti'llect innu' ]nex].lii'a1de jieople. It is indjo'enoiis to Xuliia; and has heen I'ound on tlie western sidr 111 tlie Xde, iidialiitin-- ii district which was Mcll fiirnislied willi hrusliwood, and 1 up int irokcii o rocKv uroinul I he ,ueiierai colour of this animal is ' like that of the Tanipas Cat, but not so clear Ol'bri,L;lit, as a brownish-nivy tint is washed over tlie white jiortions.' On the back, the eoioiir is dci']ier than on the remainder of the body. Tlie under jiortions of the body and inside of the limbs are a ,i;Teyish-while, the ,urey (iisapjieariiii^- nmler tlie throat mid about the cheeks, leaviii- those parts of a ]uire white', .^hinv .stivTiks and dasl lilacl K, rea(' over tlie liody and li cncirclino; the neek. Its eye is bri-ht golden vclJow. les ol mils, two <if the li^liter strij les The KLiyptian Cal is about the size of an ordinary domestic cat. niches in liei-hl, and two [n-l live inches in K'^th ; the'tail is about lieui": iiino or ten nine nic lies 1 oil' Vkw of the Kelidi is jouiid not oiil\- in this ciaiutrw but ( e are M) widely spread, or so ueiieially known as the \\'ii,i) Cat. Ir â n in Xortherii Asia, and Xepaul. In Mimland the Wild Cut tcr nearly the whole of Europe, and 1 las Ijcci liiiost exlinct, liaviim lu-eii civiii/atioii and the conversion of foicsts and waste land iiilo araiile ground. It now eidiuii occurs that a real Wild Cat is I iiaduallv exlerminatcd hv verv bund e\cn in a
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