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riorly, 1 foot 5 inches. Height posteriorly, 1 foot 8 inches. From 

 the nose to the base of the ear, 7 inches. Length of the ear, 2 

 inches, and narrower than in the canis lupus, and the whole naeasure- 

 inent shows it to be lower in proportion than the preceding. 



5. FELIS. 



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Gen. Char. Teeth, — , — . 



Felis. Canadensis. Lin. Lynx. 



Color gray, silver gray, with a yellowish tint beneath. Extremity 

 of the hairs generally white, then yellowish brown, and the while 

 extending to the base. Ears terminated with black pencils or tufts, 

 one inch and a half in length ; black at the tips, with a black border 

 on the posterior side. Anterior border yellowish. Base of the 

 jaws surrounded by a fringe of long hair, intermixed with gray, black, 

 and white. Brownish around the mouth, white beneath. Whiskers 

 black and white. Tail terminated with black ; blackish along the 

 back. Legs yellowish. Toes and nails concealed in long silky fur 

 or hair. Whole length, 3 feet 6 inches ; tail, 3 inches. Heiglit at 

 the posterior legs, 1 foot 1 1 inches ; at the anterior, 1 foot 6 inches. 

 Length of the ear, 1 J inches. The above measurements were taken 

 from a fine male taken in the winter, in the state of Maine. A few 

 years since, there was one killed in Chester, or in the neighborhood 

 of Chester village. It is valuable on account of its soft long hair 

 and fur. It destroys sheep, pigs and other small quadrupeds. Never 

 attacks man. 



Felis rufa. Bay Lynx. Wild Cat. 



Color yellowish, or reddish brown, mingled with darker spots of 

 brown. Liferior parts of the throat and body, white or whitish. 

 Eyes encircled with a whitish band. Front and portions about the 

 upper lip striped with darkish. Irides yellow. Ears short, tufted 

 with black hair, springing from the back of the ear near the tip. In- 

 side of the legs spotted with brown. Tail terminated with dark 

 brown, and obscurely banded. Fringe of hair, longer than the com- 

 mon peleage, near the base of the jaw. Ear surrounded posteriorly 

 with a black border, within which is a triangular patch of yellowish 



