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THE CHAUS. 



Felts chaus.* GUELDENSTAD. 

 PLATE XXXII. FEMALE. 



F. Chaus, Gueldenstad. Ac. Petropolitana, tab. 14. Tem- 

 mtncAr, Monographies, p. 121. Kyrmischatz, female, 

 Ruppel* Atlas. 



WE have taken our figure of this animal from the 

 beautiful atlas of M. Ruppel, before alluded to. We 

 have also transcribed his description, which explains 

 the confusion which existed between it and the sub- 

 ject of our preceding plate. 



" This lynx is throughout strongly covered with 

 hair ; the woolly or ground hair is very soft and 

 covers the body very copiously, the bristles are more 

 scarce. 



" The woolly hair has throughout a dirty light 

 ochre-yellow colour, which is darker on the back and 

 lighter on the belly ; the bristles have on the bottom 

 the same colour, wilii a dark brown ring in the mid- 

 dle, and on the top are greyish-yellow or white or 

 taffron-coloured, so as to make the appearance of the 

 Animal a mixture of greyish-yellow and impure white- 

 Many bristles are provided with a black point, and 

 on the lateral parts of the belly, where many are ly- 



