TRACKS AND TRACKING 



much better than the mountain lion's trail, is not 

 as perfect as that of the coyote or fox, for either 

 of which it might be mistaken in loose snow; it 

 is always more out of line. In Country Life in 

 America for June, 1905, a well-known nature 

 writer shows a lynx trail, as perfectly as it can be 

 illustrated, as that of a fox. With such good 

 standing tracks it is inexcusable if the trailer 

 makes a mistake, and even if one has had but 

 little actual experience in the woods, a less per- 

 fect outline of the trail will be found sufficient 

 to tell the wild cat from the wild dog. 



In snow five inches or more deep the lynx 

 makes, as a rule, quite a drag with his feet, much 

 more so than either fox or coyote, which latter 

 disturbs the snow only near the individual tracks. 

 On good tracking ground, or in soft snow, the 

 nail marks are sometimes visible, but never prom- 

 inent like those of the fox or coyote. 



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