98 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



bordered witli black, like the oval figures, and 

 fawn colour in the middle, with small round 

 black spots ; and lastly a band beneath the lat- 

 ter rather less broad and interrupted ; bordered 

 spots on the rump and thighs; small oval full 

 spots on the anterior part of the shoulders and 

 on the thighs, also on the anterior surface of the 

 paws ; transverse lines beneath the neck, one of 

 which extends from one side to the other, in form 

 of a collar; breast and belly with small black 

 spots ; tail marked with spots of the same colour, 

 much larger towards its extremity ; (a specimen 

 of the adult, and very young animal, in Philadel- 

 phia Museum.) 



Habit. Similar to that of other species of this 

 genus ; climbs trees with facility. 



Inhabit Mexico, and the south-western parts 

 of the United States, particularly Louisiana; also 

 observed by Mr. Nuttall in the Arkansa territo- 

 ry; vid. Travels into the Arkansa territory, p. 118. 

 Not known to exist east of the Mississippi. 



Species. 



4. Felis canadensis, Geoff. Desm. Le lynx du 

 Canada, Buff. hist. nat. suppl. tom. 3, pi. 44. Lynx. 



Char. Essent. Tail very short, black on the 

 posterior half; ears terminated by a small pencil 

 of hairs ; colouring of the body grayish, with yel- 

 lowish or pale brown points below, some black 

 lines on the head. 



