APPENDIX. 



A. 



The Common Wild Cat; or Bay Lynx. 



Felis Rufa, Guld. Penn. &c 

 (See vol. I. plate opposite page 203, fig. 2.) 



It is highly probable that all the species of wild 

 cat described under the names of Fasciata, aurea, 

 Montana, &c, may be correctly referred to the pre- 

 sent, which is the only species, (in addition to the 

 Felis canadensis Geoff. Borealis; Teram.) of whose 

 existence in this country, sufficiently satisfactory 

 evidence is to be obtained. At least we have not 

 been able to find any other in the cabinets of natural 

 history to which we have had access, nor in the 

 caravans of living American animals, frequently 

 exhibited within our vicinity. The naturalists at- 

 tached to the different exploring parties which have 

 traversed vast extents of the American territory, 

 have not been able, by their own efforts, nor through 

 the aid of the Indians, to procure any species but 

 the common wild-cat: we therefore deem it most 



