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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.xx. 
  

  

  upper 
  lip 
  with 
  four 
  lines 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  spots; 
  edge 
  of 
  lip, 
  black 
  pos- 
  

   teriorly. 
  Tail, 
  with 
  about 
  seven 
  transverse 
  dorsal 
  bars 
  of 
  black, 
  which 
  

   become 
  obsolete 
  toward 
  the 
  base. 
  Length, 
  925 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  vertebrte, 
  

   170 
  (to 
  end 
  of 
  hairs, 
  195); 
  ear 
  from 
  crown, 
  75; 
  ear 
  from 
  anterior 
  base, 
  

   82; 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  pencil, 
  23; 
  distance 
  between 
  eyes, 
  33; 
  longest 
  whisker, 
  

   90; 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  nose 
  to 
  angle 
  of 
  mouth, 
  50; 
  to 
  eye, 
  48; 
  to 
  center 
  of 
  

   puinl, 
  59; 
  to 
  ear, 
  117; 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  ear, 
  202; 
  to 
  occiput, 
  140; 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  

   outstretched 
  hind 
  limb, 
  1,190; 
  fore 
  limb, 
  measured 
  from 
  olecranon 
  

   process 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  longest 
  claw, 
  287; 
  length 
  of 
  fore 
  foot, 
  133; 
  longest 
  

   claw 
  of 
  manus 
  (chord), 
  18; 
  hiud 
  limb 
  from 
  knee-joint 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  claws, 
  

   325; 
  length 
  of 
  hind 
  foot, 
  185; 
  longest 
  claw 
  of 
  pes, 
  18. 
  

  

  Geographical 
  ranye. 
  — 
  This 
  subspecies 
  inhabits 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  desert 
  tracts, 
  on 
  the 
  Mexican 
  line. 
  In 
  the 
  "Eastern 
  Desert 
  Tract" 
  

   its 
  ears 
  are 
  shorter, 
  and 
  its 
  color 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  redder 
  in 
  summer. 
  

  

  LYNX 
  RUFUS 
  CALIFORNICUS, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

   CALIFORNIAN 
  LYNX. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  1^0. 
  3W6-35 
  U.S.K.M. 
  Skin 
  and 
  skull. 
  Adult 
  female, 
  from 
  San 
  

   Diego, 
  California; 
  collected 
  February 
  2, 
  1856, 
  by 
  Doctor 
  J. 
  F. 
  Ham- 
  

   mond, 
  who 
  recorded 
  the 
  following 
  measurements: 
  Length 
  of 
  head, 
  5f 
  

   inches; 
  body, 
  28; 
  tail, 
  7. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  type. 
  — 
  In 
  winter 
  coat. 
  Similar 
  to 
  Lynx 
  rufus 
  texensis 
  

   (Allen), 
  but 
  browner, 
  less 
  spotted, 
  and 
  with 
  larger 
  ears. 
  Coloration 
  

   dark. 
  Above 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  considerably 
  mixed 
  with 
  gray 
  and 
  black; 
  

   decidedly 
  dusky 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  line, 
  with 
  two 
  parallel, 
  interrupted, 
  

   black 
  lines 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  shoulders 
  to 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  Outer 
  

   surface 
  of 
  limbs, 
  and 
  sides, 
  ochraceous-buft", 
  mixed 
  with 
  gray 
  and 
  spot- 
  

   ted 
  with 
  yellowish 
  brown. 
  Inner 
  surface 
  of 
  limbs, 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  

   head 
  and 
  body, 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  tail, 
  white. 
  Chest 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad, 
  rusty-grayish 
  collar 
  which 
  is 
  conspicuously 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  

   Under 
  side 
  of 
  body 
  and 
  inner 
  surface 
  of 
  limbs 
  banded 
  or 
  spotted 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Under 
  side 
  of 
  hiud 
  foot 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  median 
  black 
  stripe. 
  

   Ears 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  Lynx 
  rufus, 
  but 
  marked 
  much 
  the 
  same; 
  

   white 
  inside, 
  edged 
  with 
  grayish 
  wliite, 
  and 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  convex 
  surface, 
  

   the 
  black 
  contributing 
  a 
  liberal 
  terminal 
  pencil, 
  and 
  inclosing 
  a 
  small 
  

   triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  gray. 
  The 
  upper 
  lip 
  has 
  a 
  large, 
  black 
  marginal 
  

   spot 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Geographical 
  range 
  — 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  lynx 
  occupies 
  the 
  "Pacific 
  Coast 
  

   Tract"' 
  of 
  California 
  and 
  Lower 
  California. 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  'See 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  XIX, 
  189H, 
  p. 
  137, 
  for 
  detinition 
  of 
  geographic 
  differeu- 
  

   tiation 
  areas 
  ou 
  the 
  Mexican 
  boundary 
  line. 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  