Felia lynx, Lih 

 Desmarest, ML 

 pi. xxi. 



THE Common L 

 south of Europe, thi 

 them districts are appi. 

 reaches the borders of As 

 ly inhabits. It has been occa. 

 which may be termed its most n* 

 the cat, it is subject to very consic. 

 marking and colour, and the character 

 the adult may be said to be scarcely n. 

 this species and the last that principally turn, 

 immense quantities of furs that are known undei 

 name of lynx. The fur becomes much longer in. 

 winter, and in the colder climates it probably is 

 much more ample than in those specimens which 

 are brought from the warmer regions bordering up- 

 on Asia, which have the fur much finer in its tex- 

 ture. The most ordinary tint of the upper parts is 

 * dull reddish-grey, marked upon the sides with ob- 



