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Rh row stripes on the back, and Math numerous round small spots on the legs and sides; the belly is whitish, and the chin of a pure white: the tail is barred with black: the length of the animal is two feet and a half. It inhabits North America. Mr. P. adds, that it grows very fat, and is considered as a mild and gentle animal. The species mentioned by Buffon, under the title of Chat sauvage de la Caroline, is supposed by Mr. Pennant to be the same animal; it is described by Buffon from a coloured drawing communicated to him by Mr. Peter Collinson, and is said to be of the size of a common Cat, and of a clear brown colour mixed with grey, and striped on the back and sides with longitudinal marks of black along its whole length, from head to tail: the tail was annulated with black and white, and the abdomen pale, and spotted with black: the legs were also spotted; and on each side the nose beneath the eyes was a large black spot.

Var. ? In the same volume of his supplement, Mr. Buffon gives a figure of an animal of this tribe under the name of Chat sauvage de la Nouvelle Espagne. It is said to be four feet long from nose to tail: its eyes rather small, and its tail rather short: its colour a blueish-grey, slightly speckled with blackish: its hair coarse, and sufficiently strong for painters' pencils with a firm point. According to Buffon's figure of this