large black spots. Inside of thighs banded with black and chestnut. 

 Tail beneath white, tip above black. 



Measurements. Total length, about goo; tail vertebras, 126. 



b.—fnacintn. {Lynx), Rafin. Am. Month. Mag., 11, 181 7, p. 46. 



7"i/(- loealitx. Borders of plains and woods of the Columbian 

 River. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon and Washington. 



Genl. Char. Fur very full and soft, color reddish. 



Color. Rich chestnut brown above, pale on sides and throat; 

 belly white spotted with black. Terminal third of tail black. 



Measurements. Total length, 890; tail vertebrae, 139; hind foot, 

 129. (Skin.) 



c. — pallescens. (Lvn.v), Merr. , N. Am. Faun., No. 16, 1899, p. 104. 



T)/e locality. Trout Lake, base of Mount Adams, Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Region about Shasta Mountain, California, Ore- 

 gon? and Washington. 



Genl. Char. Similar to F. r. fasciata, but smaller and paler. 



Color. General color hoary gray, paler than F. r. fasciata, gray 

 ear patch larger. 



d .—oculeic. {Lynx), Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Soc. , 1899, p. 23. 



Type locality. Nicasio, Marin County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Coast region of California, north of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay. 



Genl. Char. Back dusky; ferruginous color lacking. 



Color. Upper parts, hairs ringed with black and grayish brown, 

 often black tipped; back darker without stripes or spots; sides gray, 

 ochraceoiis buff of under fur showing through. Top of head and 

 face grizzled gray lined and spotted with black; arms grayish brown 

 above spotted with brownish black, below white banded with black; 

 legs grayish brown on inside, spotted and banded with black. Tail, 

 rusty brown above barred with black, beneath and at tip white. 

 Under parts white, lower sides pale cinnamon spotted and barred 

 with black; collar of ochraceous buff on under side of neck barred 

 with black. 



Measurements. "Type. Total length, 778; tail vertebras, 139.7; 

 hind foot, 158.75; ear, 72.8." 



e.—hnileyi. {Lyn.x), Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 3, 1890, p. 79. 



Type locality. Moccasin Spring, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. .Arizona, limits of range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Similar to F. rufa, but paler above and having a 

 shorter tail I 



