FEBRUARY. 



41 



I C. — I have seen a specimen of the Lynx (Felis Canaden- 

 sis) in the museum of the Literary and Historical Society at 

 Quebec : it is stoutly built, and has a very fierce look, so 

 'that I should think it a somewhat formidable adversary. 



F. — I do not believe that it would face a man ; at least 

 I have never heard of an instance : its attacks appear to be 

 confined to birds, and the smaller quadrupeds, which it pur- 

 sues chiefly on trees : its colour is elegant, and its eye is said 

 to have peculiar brilliancy. I have never seen a living spe- 

 cimen, though they are numerous in the northern part of the 

 province, and are much hunted for their skins. 



CANADIAN LYNX. 



Felis Canadensis. 



C. — Yonder is the river: what is that black thing swim- 

 ming in that small space of open water ? 



F. — It is the head of an Otter (Lutra Canadensis) : he 



