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THE NEWFOUNDLAND LYNX 



[Ft'/is lynx siihsoland) 



This insuhir race is chiefly distinguished, according to its describer Mr. 

 O. Bangs,' from the ordinary Canadian representative of the species by its 

 much darker and richer coloration. On the flanks the colour ot the 

 under-fur is cinnamon-rufous throughout, but on the back the hairs are 

 black at the base and hazel at the tip. Of the longer hairs some are 

 wholly black, others entirely hazel, and yet others banded with hazel, 

 yellowish grey, and black. The prevailing tint ot the upper- parts is 

 a mixture of black and hazel ; the lace is dull yellowish grey ; the outer 

 surface of the ear black with the usual triangular patch of dark grey ; 

 the legs are dull yellowish hazel fiiintly spotted with a darker hue ; the 

 tail is dull hazel above, white beneath, and black at the tip ; and the 

 under-parts are wood-brown irregularly blotched with black, the longer 

 hairs being dirty white. 



THE ALASKAN LYNX 



{Felh lynx inollip'dosd) 



A male lynx from Point Barrow, Alaska, described in 1900 by Mr. 

 W. A. Stone " as hynx amaJcnsis niollipilosus, is regarded as probably 

 representing a distinct race. It is described as browner and less grey 

 than the ordinary Canadian lynx, with a very dense, soft, and woolly coat. 

 The skull is said to be narrower, higher, and more arched than in the 

 Canadian race, and is also more constricted across the forehead and 

 between the sockets of the eyes. 



^ Proceedings Biological Society of Washington, vol. xi. p. 49 (1897). 

 - Proceedings of the Academy of PInladelplna, 1900, p. 48. 



