Type locality. Wainwright Inlet, Point Barrow, Alaska. 



Geogr. Distr. Northwestern America south to British Columbia. 



Genl. Char. Similar to F. (Z.) canadensis, but browner and less 

 gray. "Skull narrower, higher and more arched than L. canadensis, 

 and much more constricted across the frontals and between the orbits; 

 the postorbital processes are conspicuously more slender." 



Color. " Browner and less gray than true (Lynx) canadensis, 

 with a very dense, soft, wooly pelage." 



Measurements. "'Total length, 1040; tail vertebra:-, 130; hind 

 foot, 260." (Stone 1. c. ) 



b.—subsolanus. {Lynx), Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 49. 



Type locality. Codroy, Newfoundland. 



Geogr. Distr. Newfoundland. 



Genl. Char. Size of F. canadensis, but darker. 



Color. Upper parts black and hazel mixed; legs and arms dull 

 yellowish hazel faintly spotted with darker; tail dull hazel above, 

 dirty white beneath, tip black; belly wood brown spotted with black, 

 long hairs dirty white. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 919; tail vertebrae, 109; 

 hind foot, 219; ear from notch. So. 



448. rufa. (Fells), Guldenst. , Nov. Comm. Acad. Petrop., 1776, xx, 

 p. 499. 



Type locality. New York. 



Geogr. Distr. Central North .\merica from southern Georgia to 

 Maine. 



Genl. Char. Body moderately stout, tail short, legs long; fur 

 soft, full. 



Color. Yellowish brown spotted on sides with dark brown. 

 Brown stripe on forehead and one on back and tail. Under parts 

 yellowish white spotted with black. Legs yellowish brown spotted 

 with black on outside, dull white on inner barred with black; chin 

 and throat whitish; breast white barred with black. Two black bars 

 across cheek. 



Measurements. Total length, 750; tail vertebra, 107. 



a.—maciolata. (Felis), Vig. & Horsf. Zool. Journ., 1829, iv, p. 381, 



Pl. 13- 

 Type locality. Mexico? 

 Geogr. Distr. Texas to California. 



Genl. Char. Fur coarse; distinct spots on back and sides. 

 Color. Above chestnut brown, darkest on back, with rather 

 indistinct spots, also on outer side of legs; under parts white with 



