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in the Asiatic form these spots disappear, except on the 
flanks and limbs, and even there they may te wanting in 
some examples. ‘Towards their roots the individual hairs are 
brownish ; and the tips of the longer ones are whitish, some 
of those on the middle of the back being often black at the 
extremity. Ears externally grey, with black margins, tips, 
and terminal tufts; terminal portion of tail black; a varia- 
ble number of black hairs intermingled with the ruff; in 
some cases an imperfect dark band across the throat, and 
occasionally blackish or black spots on the under-parts. 
Length of head and body, 33 inches; of tail, 734 inches. 
The Lynx is very variable as regards coloration, and more 
especially in respect to the spots; and the pale-coloured Lynx 
of Ladak and Tibet was long regarded as a distinct species, on 
account of its lighter-coloured fur and the shorter hairs on 
the toes, under the name of / ¢sade/lina. On this subject, 
Mr. Blanford, in his “‘ Mammals of British India,” writes that 
“both these differences are probably due to the Tibetan Lynx 
living in open ground among rocks, whilst the common Lynx 
of Europe dwells chiefly among forests. The Lynx of Gilgit, 
where there is some forest, is intermediate in coloration, and 
I can find no constant character of importance by which 
fF. tsabellina is distinguishable from the common Lynx. Some 
skins procured from Tibet are indistinguishable from Gilgit 
and Turkestan specimens.” 
Distribution.—Northern Europe, Siberia, Baikal, Amurland 
and Saghalien, Eastern and Western Turkestan, Gilgit, and 
Western and Eastern Tibet. As mentioned in the sequel, it 
is by no means certain that the Canadian Lynx is anything 
more than a local race of this species. Still far from un- 
common in Northern Scandinavia, Russia, and Northern Asia, 
the Lynx also lingers in some of the mountainous districts of 
Central Europe, although in the lowlands it has been pretty 
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