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with three or Tour incomplete ringi above it, which ring* arc separated 

 6y interval* of a more or leu pure white. The female ha* generally 

 the tint* more yellow. The young have well-defined dark bauds upon 

 their aide*. 



It U a native of Africa, from Egypt and Borbary to the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and of the couth of India. 



The Booted Lynx prey* upon bird* and *m*ll quadruped* ; of the 

 former the guinea-fowl i* much sought after by the African varieties. 

 Like other* of the subdivision, it will make a good meal on carrion, 

 and fea*t on the remain* of larger quadruped" which have fallen before 

 the great Want* of pray. 



Prlii Ctunu (Ouldenst). the Chau* ; Lynx den MaraiH (part), Cuvier ; 

 Mot* lUhu Manjur, or Larger Wild Cat, of the Mahrattas (Colonel 



Svl,.. 



]>r. Ruppeir* figure and description have dissipated the confusion 

 that formerly reigned with regard to this and the preceding species. 

 He States that the Chaus U well covered with hair all over, and of 

 thin covering that which forms the ground-work is woolly, very soft, 

 and plentifully developed ; the hair* are not thickly set. The colour 

 of the woolly hair is of a dirty palish ochre-yellow, darker on the 

 back and lighter on the under parts ; the hairs or bristles are of the 

 tame colour at bottom, have a dark-brown ring in the middle, and at 

 the tip are of a grayish-yellow, whitish, or saffron-colour ; eo that the 

 appearance produced is a mixed colouring of grayish-yellow and dirty 

 white. Many of the hairs have a black point, and on the sides, where 

 many lie together, they form pale black perpendicular or oblique 

 spiral lines, and here and there single black points. The hairs of the 

 back are of a light ochre-yellow, with points almost of a saffron- 

 colour, and form from the shoulders to the tail a yellow stripe, which 

 i* darkest on the cross. The nose is black : above the eye is a large 

 white spot, and below it a smaller one of the same colour. A black 

 streak runs from the inner corner of the eye to the nose. The edges 

 of the lips are bordered with black, and a fine white ring encircles 

 them. The eyebrows, cheeks, and bristles of the whiskers, are white, 

 and among the latter are a few hairs of a shining black. The inner 

 surface of the ear, towards its outside, is bordered by tufts of hair 

 which are white and yellow ; the back of the ear is gray-brown, and 

 the tips are brown, with terminating black tufts, half an inch in length ; 

 the cheeks, lower jaw, throat, neck, and chest are ochreous-yellow, and 

 the belly inclines to whitish-yellow with darker spots. Externally 

 the anterior and |>ostcrior extremities are of the general colour down 

 to the ankles (which are dirty ochreous-yellow, and black behind), and 

 barred with four or more black transverse bands. The inside of the 

 limbs is yellowish, and there is a large round black spot on the fore 

 legs. The tail is about one-fourth as long as the body, of a grayish 

 colour, blunt and black at the point, towards which are two black 

 rings between two grayish-white ones ; but neither of these is very 

 distinct. (Kiippell.) 







Cbsut (t'rlit CAavtJ. ROpprtl. 



U is a native of the north of Africa (how far up the Nile i* not 

 ascertained), in the morasMfl and bushy lowlands that Ixirdcr the 

 Caspian Sea, and on the banks of it* tributary rivers. Said to be more 

 numerous in IVn-m. Noticed in I >. ivnn l>y < ')onel Hykes. The female 

 that served for Dr. Huppcl's description and figure was killed at 

 the lake of Mrnzale, in the Drlta of Egypt. 



Thin specie* haunt* marshes and boggy regions, and goe hunting 

 during the night after birds, small rodent*, and fishes; it seldom 

 climb* trees, and is not easily tamed. (Rlippeil.) 



The Chaus of Pliny (' Nat Hint.' viii. ]y), which the Gaul* called 

 Raphius, with the figure of a wolf and the spot* of a pard, li rut 

 shown at Pompey'* games, can hardly, we think, have been this 

 animal. 



Ptlit lynj- (Linn.), the European Lynx ; Le Lynx (Bu ff.). Fur long 



of a dull reddish-gray above, with oblong spots of raddish-frray upon 

 the side*, the spot* on the limbs rounder and smaller ; whitu>h below, 

 mottled with buck. Length about three feet 





European Lynx (Ftlis Lyiu]. 



This species varies much. In winter the fur is much longer than it is in 

 the summer, and has a hoary appearance in the former season, owing 

 to the long hair being then tipped with grayish-white. The tail, which 

 is black at the end, is short, not more than six or seven inches long. 



Some authors confine the locality of this species to Europe ; others 

 are of opinion that it increases in numbers as it approaches the borders 

 of Asia, which it also inhabits, and abundantly. France is considered 

 its most northern range. It does not seem to be quite clear that Petit 

 cervaria of Temminck is not a variety of this species ; but P. cervaria 

 inhabits the north of Asia, and skins are sent from Moscow. This is 

 supposed to be the Kattlo of the Swedes by some, while others con- 

 sider P. Lynx to be the Goupe of the Norwegians and the Wargelue 

 of the Swedes. If these differences should prove to be well founded, 

 it may be that there are two European species, or at least varieties, 

 one inhabiting Southern Europe, not higher than France, and the 

 warm parts of Asia, and the other inhabiting the north of Europe 

 and Asia. 



The European Lynx feeds upon small quadrupeds and birds, in 

 search of which it often climbs trees. 



This species is supposed by many to be the Lu/ms crrraritu of Pliny 

 ('Nat, Hist,' viii. 22), and the Chaus (viii. ID) above alluded to. 

 Both are spoken of ns shown in the arena by Pompey, and as coming 

 from Gaul. Dr. Fischer, who is of this opinion, supposes it also to be 

 the Lynx mentioned by Pliny in his chapter ' I>e Ungulis' (viii. 46). 



The European and northern Asiatic Lynxes and the Canadian 

 Lynx produce the great supply of furs known by the furriers under 

 the name of ' lynx.' The colder the climate the fuller and the more 

 ' valuable is the fur. 



Pelit Canadeniit (Geoff.), the Canada Lynx. Sir John Kichardson 

 (' Fiiiina Boreali Americana') states that the early French writers on 

 Canada, who ascribed to this species -the habit of dropping from 

 tree* on the backs of deer, and destroying them by tearing their 

 throats and drinking their blood, gave it the name of Loup Cer\ier. 

 The French Canadians, he adds, now term it indifferently Lc Chat, or 

 Le Peeihoo. He remarks, that the mistake of Charlevoix in applying 

 to it the appellation of Carcajou, wliich is proper to the Wolverine, 

 has produced some confusion of synonyms amongst subsequent 

 writers. Other writers however consider that Charlevoix intended 

 to designate the Puma by the name of Carcajou, though he used the 

 term improperly. If the following be the passage alluded to, it can 

 hardly be applied to the Canadian Lynx : " The elk ha* other enemies 

 besides the Indians, and who carry on full as cruel a war against him. 

 1'lie most terrible of all these is the Carcajou, or Quincajou, a kind of 

 cat with a tail so long that he twists it several times round its )....ly, 

 and with a skin of a brownish-red. As soon as thin hunter conies up 

 with the elk, he leaps upon him, and fastens upon his neck, about 

 which he twists his long tail, and then cuts his jugular," Ac. Ac. 

 (' Letter' vii.) Now, though there may be a little exaggeration about 

 tin I. until of the tail, and the use wliieli the animal makes of it. tie- 

 description is generally applicable to the Puma, and not to the I.VIIN, 

 which ha* a mere stump of a tail, whilst the Puma has a remarkalOy 

 long one. 



