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r\Jote. — The lynxes are not courageous ; always seek to escape, usually to 

 trees or holes in the ground. 



(rt) The Red Lynx {L. rufd). 



Similar in size and shape to No. i8, but reddish in color. 



{p) The Spotted Lynx {L. maadatd). 



Similar in size and shape to No. i8, but gray and spotted as the 

 name indicates. 



Other smaller wild-cats are the ocelot, length, 26 to 33 inches, 

 Mexico; the Margay, length, 24 to 27 inches, Mexico ; the Jagu- 

 aronde, a very small cat, shaped like a puma, Mexico ; the Eyra, 

 about the size of the common house cat, Texas, near the Rio 

 Grande. 



