LYNX 477 



sloping rostrum, the two surfaces forming an evident angle in 

 dorsal profile ranging from 40° to 50°. Aside from this very 

 noticeable peculiarity in general form the skull agrees with that 

 of L. lynx in all of the special features in which the latter 

 differs from that of the wild cat. The ridge rejDresenting the 

 external pterygoid process appears to be somewhat better 

 developed, however, than in L. lynx. Temporal ridges rarely if 

 ever uniting to form a sagittal crest in front of region of 

 intei'parietal. 



Teeth. — The teeth are intermediate in form between those of 

 Lynx lynx and Felis silvestris. Cingulum at posterior border 

 of lower premolars obsolete as in L. lynx, but posterior border of 

 m^ nearly as vertical as in Felis silvestris, and without secondary 

 cusp or evident cingulum. Crowns relatively a little narrower 

 and more trenchant than in Lynx lynx, but less so than in the 

 wild cat, their length relatively as great as in the lynx. 



Measurements. — Two males from Goto Doiiana, Huelva, Spain 

 (skins): head and body, 880 and 930; tail, 125 and 130; hind 

 foot, 170 and 180; ear from meatus, 73 and 80; pencil, 30 

 and 55. For cranial and dental measurements see Tables, 

 pp. 478, 479. 



Specimens examined. — Eighteen, from the following localities in Spain 

 Old Castile, no exact locality, 1 ; Sierra Morena, Cordova, 3 ; near Seville, 3 

 Jerez de la Frontera, 1 ; Coto Dofiana, 8 ; Andalucia, no exact locality, 1 

 no exact locality, 1. 



jRemarJcs. — Specimens in the two colour phases differ so 

 noticeably from each other as to suggest the existence of distinct 

 forms ; and as yet I have seen no skins which could not at once 

 be referred to one or the other. The two occur together, how- 

 ever, and there are no correlated peculiarities in the skulls and 

 teeth. 



9. Old Castile, Spain. Lord Lilford (p). 94. 6. 11. 1. 



1. Sierra Morena, Cordova. Capt. S. E. Widdriug- 42.2.26.1. 



ton (c & p). 



2 6. Sierra Morena, Cordova. Lord Lilford (p). 89. 8. 27. 1. 



94. 6. 11. 1. 



1. Seville. Lord Lilford (p). 74. 10. 7. 1. 



6. Seville. {Dr. A. Ruiz.) Lord Lilford (p). 95. 9. 4. 1. 



1. Jerez de la Frontera. A. Williams (c & p). 7. 12. 10. 1. 



2. Coto Dofiana, Huelva. J. P. Gassiot (c & p). 72. 10. 26. 1-2. 

 head, st. Coto Dofiana, Huelva. A. Williams (c & p). 3. 3. 16. 1. 



2 c5, 2 9. Coto Dofiana, Huelva. A. Chapman (c & p). 4. 12. 12. 1-2. 



8. 3. 8. 2-3. 

 (4. 12. 12. 2. Ty2?e of species.) 

 1. Coto Dofiana, Huelva. B. F. Bucli (c & p). 7. 6. 4. 2. 

 St. Andalucia. B. P. Buck (c & p). 6. 9. 16. 1. 



1. Spain. Lord Lilford (p). 74. 9. 4. 1. 



Note. — A lynx from Nuoro, Sardinia, has recently been 

 described by Mela (Boll. Soc. Zool. Ital., Roma, 2d ser., ix, 

 p. 48, 1908) as Lynx sardinise. The more important characters 



