14 UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY. 



** ShorHailed cat of the Texans; gato montes of the Mexicans; no-me of the Yuma Indians; Chimhif Cochimies cfLcicer Catifornia, 

 In the sierras of Pimoria alia (Sonora) this lynx seems to be quite common, and as we found traces and specimens of it also on 

 the lower Rio Bravo, we may consider its range going from ocean to ocean. The Spanish name of this species points also to its , 

 more extended vertical range. 



** Our collection contains two specimens, mother and daughter, from the Sonorian mountains, near Fort Yuma, and one 

 individual from the lower Rio Bravoj near Laredo. 



*' Of the first two specimens, the young one was killed first on the verge of a rock ; the instant it fell iho mother appeared for 



its defence, but quickly shared the same fate. The cne from the Rio Bravo del Norte appeared one afternoon in front of our 

 camp, on the other side of the river, but on seeing us retired instantly- Our hunters, however, crossed the river, and brought 

 the dogs on the scent. They took the only outlet of a narrow bottom, which was hemmed in all round by vertical banks. Thus 

 the sport was sure, of which the poor victim became soon aware. Besides the barking of the dogs, we heard the valley resound 

 three or four times with the lynx's fighting call. This note, which was furiously thrown forth, was loud and abrupt. It 

 resembled very much, on a smaller scale, the roar of the puma under similar circumstances." — (A. Schott.) 



12. CANIS OCCIDENTALIS, var. MEXICANUS (p. 113.)— Lobo Wolf. 



This wolf is of quite large size^ -with a rather narrow head. The ears are large and 



thickened^ rounded at tip; more so than in a skin of Cants nuhihis^ and with a greater amount 



of hair in the cavity. The feet are large^ the pads broad, and of considerable surface. The 

 tail is rather long, exceeding half the length of body and neck without the head ; it is covered 



with long hairs, but is not very bushy, owing to the comparative deficiency of soft fur. The 

 hairs between the shoulders and on the anterior of the back are much longest, and form a kind 



of mane. 



The prevailing colors of this species are a dirty yellowish or dull rusty whitish, with cloudings 

 of pure black, the hairs on the back and upper part of the sides being largely tipped with this 

 color. The lower part of the sides and the under parts generally of the body and tail do not 

 show any black tips in the whitish ground. The throat, however, exhibits a very distinct 

 collar of black caused by dusky tips to the hairs. 



The head exhibits a good deal of black shading in the greyish ground. The edges of the lip 

 and the under jaw are dark dusky. There is a decidedly rusty tinge in the ground color of the 

 muzzle, which again reappears as a paler tint in the crown and around the adjacent bases and 

 convex surface of the ears. The band on the throat referred to is five or six inches loner, and 

 just in front of the shoulders ; it is produced by black tips to the hairs as on the back. The 

 black shading on the sides of the neck is continuous with this, and together they encircle an 

 unmarked space on the upper part of the throat. 



The legs are rusty white, deepest on the carpus and on the posterior part of the hind leg. 

 On the fore leg is a narrow dusky longitudinal line of mixed black and greyish hairs, forming 



a conspicuous mark. There is no evidence in the present condition of the skin of fasciae on the 

 sides of the body. 



The tail, like the rest of the body, is greyish white, with the heirs on the upper part and 

 extremity largely tipped with black. There is less of this on the sides, the lower portions of 

 which and the entire under surface are uniform yellowish gray white, except near the tip. 



The base of the under fur is rather light brownish plumbeous, varying a little with the 

 region of body ; the terminal portion shades into dull yellowish grey, with a tinge of rusty 

 along the back. The long hairs where the black appears are mostly black with a varying 

 central portion greyish white, and sometimes with the extreme base of this color. The black 

 tipped hairs of the tail show this color only on their terminal portion. 



. Santa Cruz, Sonora. Dr. Kennerly. 



