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F. macrourus, Major Smith. Ground colour ochrey gray, streaked 

 with long patches ; two streaks from the eye to the jaw. Inhabits 

 Brazil Griff. An. King. ii. 478. 



F. colocolo, Major Smith. Head flat and broad; body whitish gray, 

 covered with lengthened streaks of black and tawny. Inhabits 

 America. Griff, An. King. ii. 479. 



F. melas, Peron and Lesueur. {Melas, Cuv.) Fur black above 

 and below, spotted with deeper black; eyes of a silvery gray, al- 

 most white. Java. Ann. Mus. xiii. 152. 



5. Middle-sized, high on the legs, with broad and long ears, often ter- 

 minated by a pencil of hairs ; three upper molars without tubercles. 



f.LynXjIAii. The Lynx. Fur reddish yellow, with small dark brown 

 spots ; tail short, black at the extremity ; long pencilled ears. 

 Asia, Africa, and Europe. -Buff', ix. pi. 21. 



F. Canadensis, Geoff. The Canada Lynx. Fur grayish, with long 

 hair ; some black lines on the head. Canada.- Buff. iii. pi. 44. 



F. rufa, Gmel. The Red Lynx. Fur reddish yellow, spotted with 

 brown; tail short, white at tip. United States. Schreb. 1. 109, B. 



F. fasciata, Desm. {Lynx fascialus, Rafmesque.) Fur reddish 

 brown, with blackish stripes and spots above. N. America. 



F. montana, Desm. (lynx montanus, Rafmesque.) Fur grayish, 

 without spots above, whitish with brown spots below ; no pencils 

 on the ears. United States Mam. 225. 



F. Floridajius, Desm. {Lynx Floridanus, Rafinesque.) Fur gray- 

 ish, flanks varied with spots of yellowish brown, and undulated 

 black stripes ; ears without pencils of hair. Florida Mam. 225. 



F- aurea, Desm. {Lynx aureus, Rafinesque.) Fur bright yellow, 

 dotted with black and white spots ; belly of a pale yellow without 

 spot. Ears without pencils of hair. N. America. Mam. 225. 



F. caracal, Lin. The Caracal ; The Lynx of the ancients. Fur 

 wine-red above, white below ; tail reaching to the heels ; ears 

 strongly pencilled, black on the outside, white within. Inhabits 

 Africa and Asia. Shaw, i. pi. 91. 



There are several varieties of this species, of which the chief are, 1. The Caracal 

 of Algiers, described by Bruce, without pencils of hair at the ears, and with longitu- 

 dinal stripes. 2. The Caracal of Nubia, of the same author, with the ears black 

 on the outside ; and 3. The Caracal of Bengal, of Edwards, with the tail longer 

 than ordinary. 



F. chaus, Guldenstadt, Desm. {Felis Lybicus, Oliv.) The Booted 

 Lynx. Fur of a uniform gray yellow; hind part of the legs 

 black ; ears terminated by a pencil of black hairs. Inhabits 

 Abyssinia. Bruce's Travels, pi. 30. 



6. Ears without pencils of hair, legs not very long of small size. 



F. Serval, Lin. Fur fawn-coloured above, white beneath, with 

 numerous round black spots disposed in rows on each side ; tail 

 simulated. Inhabits Southern Africa. Schreb. tab. 108. 



