1924] Grmnell-Dixon : The Genus Lynx m California 351 



from a knowledge of the behavior in other vertebrate groups in the 

 Great Basin and Rocky Mountains. In other words, if there were no 

 other name available, we would certainly use the name uinta for the 

 subspecies of wildcat inhabiting the plateau region of northeastern 

 California. But it happens that the name Lynx fasciaius pallescens 

 Merriam (1899, p. 104), of earlier date, applies, in our judgment, to 

 the same race. We have had the opportunity of studying topotypes 

 of pallescens, from the vicinity of Mount Adams, Washington. These 

 we interpret as intermediates between the Great Basin subspecies 

 ("uinta") and that of the northwest humid coast belt {fasciaius). 

 But since they are decidedly nearer "uinta," the name pallescens, 

 based upon them, must be employed in place of the name uinta. 



We have seen no good intermediates between pallescens and cali- 

 fomicus from the vicinity of Mount Shasta where, according to 

 Merriam (1899, p. 104), both forms occur. It may be that the two 

 forms behave toward each other as full species at that point, though 

 intergradation certainly does take place to the southward, by the 

 way of haileyi. 



TABLE 1 



External Measurements (in Millimeters) of Adult or Sub-adult Wildcats 



FROM California 



Locality Date 



Lynx ruff us californicus 



Cazadero, Sonoma Co June 27, 1913 



Piedras Blancas, San Luis 



Obispo Co Oct. 13,1918 



Millard Canon, near Pasadena Oct. 30, 1904 

 Tahquitz Valley, San Jacinto 



Mts July 26,1908 



Inverness, Marin Co May 30, 1913 



Pine Mountain, San Diego 



Co Aug. 18,1904 



Helena, Trinity Co Feb. 14, 1911 



Tower House, Shasta Co Mar. 3,1911 



El Portal, Mariposa Co Dec. 8, 1914 



Lynx ruffus fasciaius 



Ferndale, Humboldt Co Jan. 5, 1913 



Ferndale, Humboldt Co Mar. 30, 1913 



Cuddeback, Humboldt Co Nov. 4, 1912 



Lynx ruffus haileyi 



25919 cf Jackass Spring, Panamint 



Mts., Inyo Co June 28, 1917 



7150 cf Vallecito, San Diego Co May 22, 1909 



25918 9 Furnace Creek, Death Valley, 



Inyo Co April 21, 1917 850 170 173 SO 



Lynx ruffus pallescens 

 11324 9 Sugar Hill, Modoc Co May 25, 1910 790 140 150 



