Color. Upper parts suffused with a buffy tint, dark markings 

 not extensive. No black on face and forehead, black tip of tail very 

 narrow. 



Measurements. Total length, 745; tail vertebrae, 132; hind 

 foot, 165. 



f.—eremica. (Lynx), Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, xx, 

 P- 457- 



Type locality. Laguna Station, Colorado Desert, San Diego 

 County, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern and western desert tracts on the Mexican 

 line. 



Color. Above grizzled pale yellowish brown, spotted and striped 

 with brown and black; legs ochraceous buff mixed with grayish; un- 

 der parts white and with inside of limbs spotted or banded with 

 black. Flanks and outside of limbs spotted with yellowish brown. 

 Tail, reddish brown above, white below, subterminal spot of black, 

 rest barred with black; ears as usual. 



Measurements. Total length, 925; tail vertebrae, 170; hind 

 foot, 185. 



g.— calif ornico . {Lvnx), Mearns, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1897, xx, p. 458. 



Type locality. San Diego, California. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific coast tract of California, and Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



Color. Above reddish brown mixed with gray and black, and 

 two interrupted black lines from shoulder to root of tail. Outer 

 sides of limbs and sides ochraceous buff mixed with gray and spotted 

 with yellowish brown. Inner surface of limbs, under surface of 

 head and body, and under side of tail white, banded or spotted with 

 black. Chest with a rusty gray collar spotted with black. 



Measurements. Total length, 752; tail vertebrae, 150. 



h.—texensis. {Lynx), Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 188. 



rufus var. maciilatus, Kerr, Linn. Syst. Nat., 1792, i, pt. i, No. 

 297 (nee Vig. & Horsf.}. 



ru/us var. maculatus, Aud. & Bach., N. Am. Quad., 11, 1851, p. 

 293, pi. xcll (nee Vig. & Horsf.). 



Type locality. Texas. 



Geogr. Distr. Texas, and New Mexico to southern California. 



Color. Above chestnut brown, darkest on dorsal region, spotted 

 and sprinkled with black; the spots largest and most distinct on 

 limbs and flanks. Under parts white with large black spots. Inside 



