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sooty. Crown and cheeks with obsolete rusty stripes. Sides of upper lip 

 with four lines of small black, spots ; edges ot lip black posteriorly. Tail 

 with about seven transverse dorsal bars of black, which become obsolete 

 towards the base." 



This race is stated to inhabit the eastern and western desert tracts on 

 the Mexican line ; in the eastern desert tract it has shorter ears, and 

 apparently a redder summer coat. As with desert animals generally, its 

 most distinctive feature seems to be its pale coloration. 



THE CALIFORNIAN RED LYNX 



{Felis riifa californicd) 



This race, which was also named by Dr. Mearns,^ is likewise regarded 

 by Mr. Bangs as belonging to the same group as the last, although at 

 the time of writing he had not seen a skull. 



The type specimen, which was in the winter coat, is said by its 

 describer to be very similar to the Texan race, but browner, less spotted, 

 and with larger ears, the general colour being dark. On the upper-parts 

 the hue is reddish brown, much mixed with grey and black, and becoming 

 decidedly dusky in the middle line, with two interrupted dark stripes 

 extending from the shoulders to the root of the tail. The flanks and outer 

 sides of the limbs are ochery buff, mingled with grey and spotted with 

 yellowish buff; the under-parts, inner sides of limbs, and the under surface 

 and tip of the tail being white, spotted and banded (except the latter) with 

 black. The chest bears a broad rusty greyish gorget, conspicuously 

 spotted with black. As regards the large ears, these are marked very much 

 as in the eastern race ; the triangular patch of grey on the hinder surface 



1 Op. at. p. 458 (1897). 



