504 



RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



to about the Rio Negro on the northern confines of Patagonia in 

 lat. 40 S. 



ft. ins. 

 93 



-8 32 

 -6 II 



ft. ins. 



3 Brazil 



Do. ' 

 9 Paraguay 



Count Henry Coudenhove. 

 Do. 



James J. Harrison. 



The PUMA (Felis concolor). 



With the exception of the small and long-tailed jaguarondi 

 and eyra, the puma (pronounced pooma) is the only uniformly 

 coloured cat found in America, where its range extends from British 

 Columbia and Maine in the north to the Strait of Magellan in the 

 south. The size is inferior to that of the jaguar, the height at the 

 shoulder being about 2 feet, and the weight 150 Ibs. The general 

 colour of the fur is tawny, tending, like that of the white-tailed deer, to 

 reddish in summer and to greyish in winter, with the middle of the 

 back darker, and a whitish patch on the back of the otherwise black 

 ears. But with such an enormous geographical range, it is inevitable 

 there should be much local variation ; and a number of races are now 

 recognised, most of which are distinguished by size or the redder or 

 greyer tint of the fur. A Patagonian race has pale ears. 



Vhefidd" 

 ft. ins. 

 -8 6 



~76| 

 -75 

 -7 3 

 -70 



We * ht - 



Ibs. 

 about 150 



Locality. 



... 



Brazil 



(lallegos River, Patagonia 

 Fraser River, British Columbia 



Wyoming . . . . 



Owner's measurements. 



Owner. 



A. IVmlarves Vivian. 

 Count Henry Coudenhove. 

 \V. Moncreiffe. 

 The late J. Fannin. 

 J. L. Scarlett. 



LYNXES (Felis lynx, etc.). 



The lynxes form a well-marked group connected with the more 

 typical members of the cat tribe by the jungle-cat (F. chans\ and 

 distinguished by the tuft of long hairs at the summit of the ears, and 

 the absence of the first upper cheek-tooth. From the others the caracal 



