CARACAL. 375 



the Count de Buffon, has the ears red on the 

 outside, instead of black. This is considered by 

 Mr. Pennant as a variety of the former, under 

 the title of Lyblan Caracal. He describes it thus : 

 " Cat with short black tufts to the ears, which 

 are white within: of a lively red without: tail 

 white at the tip, annulated with four black rings, 

 with some black marks behind the four legs. It 

 is .greatly inferior in size to the former; not larger 

 than a common Cat. Inhabits both Lybia and 

 Barbary." 



In reality it is the species which Mr. Bruce 

 names the Booted Lynx, and of which he has 

 given an elegant figure in his appendix. It mea- 

 sures, according to Mr. Bruce, 22 inches from the 

 nose to the tail, which is 1 3 inches long. The gene- 

 ral colour is a pale reddish-grey, whitish beneath : 

 the back of the ears reddish-brown ; the insides 

 lined with white hair : the tips penciled with long 

 black hairs : on the back of all the feet runs a 

 black band, which, on the fore feet, reaches two 

 inches, and on the hind feet four inches up the 

 leg : the tail is of the same colour as the back, at 

 its origin, but towards the end grows whitish, 

 and is marked with four black rings. He chiefly 

 preys, according to Mr. Bruce, on Guinea-fowl, 

 which are extremely plentiful in those parts. 

 He has very much the appearance of a common 

 cat ; often mounts trees, and is said to be exceed- 

 ingly fierce. 



It is easy to perceive that this species must in 



