100 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



Dimensions. Rather smaller than the common 

 Lynx. 



Description. Head and back, of a deep red, 

 with small spots of blackish-brown ; throat whit- 

 ish ; breast and belly of a clear reddish-white : 

 extremities of the same colour with the back, 

 with waves of light brown ; superior lip present- 

 ing some blackish lines upon a reddish-white 

 ground; a little white about the eye. 



Inhabit the forests of New York, Pennsylvania, 

 and Ohio. 



Species. 



6. Felis fasciata* 



Lynx fasciatus, Rafinesque, Ame. Mon. Mag, 

 1817, p. 46. Lewis and Clark's expedition up 

 the Missouri. 



Char. Essent. Tail very short, white, with the 

 point black ; ears furnished with pencils of hair, 

 and black externally ; fur very thick, of a brown- 

 ish-red colour, with blackish stripes and points 

 above. 



Dimensions. LarjGje. 



Inhabit North America. This species was no- 

 ticed by Lewis and Clark on the north-west coast; 

 (where there exist several other species of Lynx, 

 remarkable for their size and beauty of fur.) It is 

 probably the same as that mentioned by NuttalL 

 Vid. Travels in Arkansa territory, p. 118. 



