Colorado Desert Red Lynx 415 



white, broadly banded with black ; hind-legs greyish brown, much shaded 

 with dull ferruginous whitish on inside near body, spotted and banded with 

 black and blackish brown ; under side of feet black ; tail rusty brown 

 above, with a broad black subapical semicircle and five other less distinct 

 black semicircles, below and at tip white. Under- parts white, pale 

 cinnamon on lower sides bordering belly, spotted and barred with black ; 

 a broad collar of ochraceous buff, also barred with black, across under side 

 of neck." 



The specimen from which the above description was taken was a 

 subadult male from Nicasio, Maria County, California. 



THE COLORADO DESERT RED LYNX 



[Fe/is rufa ercfiiica) 



This phase of the species, which was described by Dr. E. A. Mearns' 

 on the evidence of an adult male from the Colorado Desert in San Diego 

 County, California, is regarded by Mr. Bangs as nearly allied to the last. 

 It was in the winter coat, and is described as follows: — "Above pale 

 yellowish brown, mixed with grey and black, obscurely spotted and striped 

 with brown and blackish from the nape to the root of the tail. Legs 

 ochraceous buif, mixed with greyish. Under side of body and of tail 

 white. Chest, belly, and inner side of limbs spotted or banded with 

 black. The sides and outside of limbs are spotted with yellowish 

 brown. Tail reddish brown above, white below, with a subterminal spot 

 of black. Ears pale grey, with a blackish spot at base, and black on apex 

 and terminal pencil ; the usual grey spot, in this form, extends as a band 

 clear across the convexity of the ear ; inner surface of ear white. Under 

 side ot hind-toot with a narrow longitudinal line of black, bordered by 



' Proceedings U.S. Isationat Museum, vol. xx. p. 457 (1897). 



