104 IS'OKTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [no. 16. 



dark grizzled fulvous; tbe white stripe on the hind foot of <(ili/'<>nilciix 

 has disappeared and is represented by a pale streak. 



i?ew«/7..s. — Gray foxes are abundant in the Transitieu zone about 

 the base of Shasta, and although no specimens were secured by our 

 party a number were obtained by 0. IF, Townscnd in 1SS3 along the 

 McCloud Eiver. 



Felis oregonensis Ivafinesque. Oregon Puma; ]\Ioniitaiii i.ion. 



Rather rare, but formerly common on Shasta. In .Inly Bailey saw 

 fresh tracks among the Shasta firs a little below lied IJutte. C. IT. 

 Townsend obtained seven specimens in Shasta County in 1883 and 

 1884, several of which were killed near the fish hatchery on the McCloud. 

 He states: "It is practically impossible to raise colts in the Shasta 

 County hills on account of these pests. They destroy many hogs and 

 young cattle also, but do not present so serious an impediment to the 

 keeijing of these animals as in the case of horses. ]\Ir. J. B. Campbell, 

 who trapped two panthers for me in 1883, told me that he had actually 

 never seen more than two or three of the numerous colts born on his 

 stock range, as they had been killed and devoured by x)anthers soon 

 after birth." 



Lynx fasciatus pallescens subsp. nov. Wild-cat. 



I'yjje from south base of Mount Atlaius, ue.ir Trout I..ak(', Washington. No. 76585, <? 

 ad., U. S. Nat, :Mu8., biological Survey Coll. Collected January 10, 1S<>5, by 

 D. N. Kaegi. Grig. No. 23. 



Charavtvrs. — Similar to L. fasciatus, but slightly smaller and every- 

 where very much paler, particularly the head and face; basal black 

 ear patch (in winter pelage) indi.stinct or absent; gray ear patch larger; 

 general color hoary gray, contrasted with the dark rich rufous of 

 fasciatus. Skull like that of fasciatus, but slightly smaller; carnassial 

 teeth and second upper molar less swollen. 



h'oHarls. — Specimens from the region about Shasta (Klamath country 

 on the north and Pitt and McCloud rivers on the simth) dilVer slightly 

 from Trout Lake sjjecimens; they show less tendency to spotting and 

 have slightly larger (;anuissial teeth aiul audital bulla'. 



This wild-cat is fairly common in the chapairal of the l)asal slopes 

 of Shasta. One was seen a little below AVagon Camp, and tracks were 

 several times noted by Vernon Bailey in the trail a little above Wagou 

 Camp. Tracks Avere seen also in Shasta Valley by W. IT. Osgood. In 

 1883-84 C. 11. Townsend trapped many wild-cats along AlcCUoud l\iver 

 and the lower ]>art of Squaw Creek, when; they were "ap[)arently as 

 numerous as [gray] foxes, and as easily secured.'' ]\lost of these belong 

 to the i)re8ent species, but one l)elongs to the following: 



Lynx californicus (Mcarns). (California Wild-cat. 



A 8pe(;imen which I provisionally refer to this species was obtained 

 by C. n. Townsend at liaird, on AFcCloud Kiver, in 188;>. It is a 

 much smaller animal than /.. fasciatus pallesceus and has conspicu- 

 ous! \ smaller teeth. 



