Canada Lynx 



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Wild-cat or Bay-lynx (Lynx ruff us), but its tail is very dif- 

 ferent and furnishes a sure guide; while the Lynx has the tip 

 of the tail wholly black above and below and the rest of it 

 grayish-white, the Bay-lynx has the tip black above and white 

 below, and also has other broken bars on the upper part 





Fig. iSs— Lymi Tails. (Half life size.) 



^^ I. Canada Lynx, 



vV, 2. Bay.lynx. 



V.^ (Both from Muskoka, Ont.) 



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Fig. 184 — Head of Canada Lynx 9 m summer. (Half life size.) 



Nothwithstanding the fact that the Bay-lynx is said by 

 Herrick' to be the prevailing species in Minnesota, I have 

 failed to determine its occurrence in Manitoba. 



Three races of Canada Lynx are recognized: 



canadensis Kerr, the typical form. 

 mollipilosus Stone, a browner race. 

 suhsolanus Bangs, a darker race. 



' Mam. Minn., 1892, p. 73. 



