[258] See St. G. Mivart "On the Aeluroidea," Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 135: and The Cat, London, J. Murray, 1881.
[259] "On the Pupils of the Felidae," Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 481.
[260] "Observations ... on the Seal's Eye," Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 719.
[261] It is noteworthy that in the Tiger some of the stripes have pale centres and are thus like spots pulled out, while there are also small black spots.
[262] Natural Science, vi. 1895, p. 89.
[263] For an account of this and of other mammals which occur in Central America, see Alston in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1879-1882.
[264] But Mr. Belt says that the "Tigre" never attacks man unless it be provoked.
[265] See E. Hamilton, The Wild Cat of Europe, London, Porter, 1896; and M. G. Watkins, Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, London, Elliot Stock, 1896.
[266] The retractility is most marked in the Linsangs.
[267] Beddard in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 430.