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(3). F. Lynx. Kaf Lo. Body without spots or 

 streaks, except a few small spots on the thighs ; colour 

 reddish even in the winter. 



It was formerly considered that these three varieties were 

 distinct species, but it is now pretty clearly proved that they 

 are nothing more than varieties in colour of the common 

 felis lynx, or f<r raf lo." Is nowhere common, and, unlike 

 the wolf, is not gregarious ; a pair or a family will take pos- 

 session of a certain forest district, and keep it. Is rarely, if 

 ever, met with within the polar circle, and never in the very 

 south of Sweden. The principal strongholds of the lynx are 

 the large rocky forests in Helsingland, Dalarna, and Jemt- 

 land ; never seen on the fells. Pair in February or March, 

 and bring forth young early in June ; two but sometimes 

 three, which very soon learn to follow the mother. The 

 lynx can climb like a cat, and is one of the most destructive 

 beasts of prey in these forests. 



2. Tuberculated teeth, -J-. 



Mustelina. 

 (a}. Upper taberculated teeth of an equal breadth. 



Gen. Ouloj Storr. 



Head oval ; body long ; legs short ; tail longer than the 

 head ; foot soles hairy. 



20. GULO BOREALIS, Nilss. . Jerf. Fald fras. F. (The 



Glutton.) F. 



Along the back a black patch encircled on the sides 



with yellow brown ; general colour black, with a rusty 



tinge on the sides of the body and head ; legs and feet 



black; length 3 ft. ; height 1 ft. 4 in. ; tail about I ft. 



The stronghold of the glutton is the great dividing 



fell range between Sweden and Norway, and principally 



in the very north. They do, however, occasionally wander 



down into the midland forests, far away from the fells, but 



the glutton is properly a true fell animal, and much dreaded 



by the Laps for the sake of the reindeer. The glutton pairs 



in January or February, and brings forth two to three young 



in April or May. 



