to4 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
well exterminated. In BMden the last Lynx was killed in 
1834; but an example was shot in Wurttemberg so late as 
1846. Another Lynx was killed in the Department of Haute- 
Loire, France, in the year 1822. The species never inhabited 
Britain during the historic period. In Tibet the Lynx lives at 
great heights, its cubs having been taken in Spiti at an eleva- 
tion of between 14,000 and 15,000 feet; but at Gilgit it de- 
scends as low as 5,000 feet above the sea. 
Internal Structure—It is worthy of mention that the Lynx 
differs from all the species of Cats described above, in the 
relative shortness of its intestine, which is only twice the 
length of the body. As in the common Cat, the arched bone, 
supporting the base of the tongue, is connected with the under 
surface of the hinder part of the skull by a continuous chain 
of small bones. 
Habits—Although generally inhabiting forest-clad districts, 
where it captures much of its prey by climbing the trees, the 
Lynx, as we have seen, in Tibet, dwells in the open, among 
rocks. ‘That it is by no means a common animal is not to be 
regretted, seeing that in the wild state it is one of the most 
bloodthirsty and rapacious of the /e/zde, frequently killing 
more than it can devour, and thus being detested by the 
owners of Sheep and Goats. In Tibet it preys chiefly upon the 
Hares that are so abundant in the patches of bush along the 
watercourses; but it also kills Pigeons, in addition to Sheep and 
Goats, In Europe it subsists upon the smaller mammals and 
birds ; but the reports of its onslaughts on Red Deer are not to 
be credited. An excellent climber, the Lynx frequently lies 
stretched out at length on the bough of a tree, from whence 
it springs suddenly on its unsuspecting prey ; and the writer 
has witnessed the extraordinary rapidity with which a tame 
individual would spring on Pigeons on the roof of a house in 
Leh. The female produces two or three young in a litter, 
