of the Dutrict of Montreal, 299 



grey ; whiskers white ; end of the tail black ; both sexes coloured 

 alike. The dimensions given above are taken from a specimen 

 in the museum of the Natural History Society of Montreal. 



F. Canadensis, Canada lynx ; Loup cervier. 



jP. horealis of Temminck ! 



F. lynx of Linnaeus ! 



Lynx Canadensis. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Length of body and tail 39 inches ; of tail 4 inches. 

 "Winter pelage a grey made up of white and black hairs, of a blue- 

 ish grey at the base. Summer pelage short, brown at the base, 

 and red at the tips with brownish spots. Posterior margin of 

 ears black, anterior white, terminated by a tuft of black hairs two 

 inches long. From the base of the ear to the angle of the jaw 

 the hairs are very long, and give the animal a whiskered appear- 

 ance ; tail first grey, terminated by black ; head thick and round ; 

 ears short, erect and pricked. 



3kd Tribe of Carniyora. 



Amphibia^ 



Genus Phoca, 



Gen. char. Incisors | or f or a, canines H, molars f | to |f 

 to ## r= 30 = 32 = 34 = 36 = 38. Molars all trenchant or 

 conical ; feet 5 dactyle ; fore feet enveloped in the body as far as 

 the tarsus ; hind feet as far as the heel ; between the latter a 

 short tail ; eyes large ; nostrils closing voluntarily ; head round ; 

 external ears wanting ; four abdominal mammae. 



P. vitulina. Common seal. 

 Vitulus oceani, Rond. 



v.s.p. Length of body and tail 39 inches; of tail 4 inches. 

 Fur yellowish grey, variously spotted black, darker on head and 

 back, paler on the abdomen ; extremity of snout flat and broad; 

 posterior part of head large and round, without any bony projec- 

 tions ; upper lip moveable, extensible, furnished with thick strong 

 whiskers ; over the eyes a few bristles similar to whiskers ; fore 

 limbs short ; feet palmated ; toes with thick long black nails, 

 longer on the hind than on the fore feet. 



OrD. V. RODENTIA. 



Genus Sciurus. — Suh genus Sciurus, 

 Sub gen. char. Incisors |, canines none, molars f f = 22. 

 Superior incisors flat and cuneiform ; lower ones compressed la- 



