200 Lloyd's natural history. 



and emaciated." We have heard of other kinds of Cats taking 

 to the same kind of prey. 



Although we are not generally disposed to regard the flesh 

 of carnivorous animals as affording a palatable dish, yet Dr. 

 Merriam assures us that Red Lynx flesh is most excellent eat- 

 ing, resembling veal both in appearance and taste. 



xliv. the plateau lynx, felis baileyi. 

 Lynx baileyi ', Merriam, North American Fauna, No. 3, p. 79 



(1890). 

 Felis baileyi, Lydekker, Royal Nat. Hist. vol. i. p. 441 (1893). 



Characters. — Said to differ from the Red Lynx of the Eastern 

 United States in being uniformly paler on the upper-parts, as 

 well as by its shorter tail and softer fur. The upper-parts are 

 everywhere suffused with a buffish tint, and the dark markings 

 are either smaller or altogether wanting. Thus, the blackish 

 marblings of the face and forehead of the Red Lynx are obso- 

 lete ; and the black band on the upper surface of the tip of the 

 tail has not half the width it has in the latter. On the other 

 hand, the anterior border of the ear is distinctly whitish, in 

 marked contrast to the black immediately behind it, while in F. 

 rufus the same border is dark tawny-brown. The white hind- 

 toes so conspicuous in the latter are also wanting. 



In spite of certain not very important differences in the 

 skulls of the two forms, the writer finds it difficult to regard the 

 features above described as entitling the Plateau Lynx to rank 

 as a distinct species. 



Distribution. — Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. 



XLV. THE SPANISH LYNX. FELIS PARDINA. 



Felis pardi?ia, Temminck, Monogr. Mamm. vol. i. p. 116 

 (1827); Elliot, Monogr. Felidae, pi. xxxviii. (1878-83); 

 Mivart, The Cat, p. 426 (188 1). 



Lyncus pardi?ms % Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 46 (1843). 



