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feet. The Indians sometimes eat its flesh, which is white and firm, and not 

 imHke that of the American hare itself. Its skin forms an important article of 

 commerce, and between seven and nine thousand are exported annually by 

 the Hudson's Bay Company. 



The pardine or Southern European lynx is, perhaps, the handsomest rep- 

 resentative of the entire group, its fur being distinctly spotted at all seasons 



THE CANADA LYNX. 



of the year. The color of the body is yellowish above, and white beneath ; 

 the rounded black spots occurring on the body, tail and limbs. From the ex- 

 amination of the skin alone I regard this animal merely as a southern spotted 

 variety of the common lynx, analogous to the spotted and banded southern 

 varieties of the American bay lynx. An examination of the skull showed, 

 however, some differences from that of the northern lynx. 



