276 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELID.?:. [Mar. 14, 



Legs long and slender. Skull, adult, imperfect behind. Animal 

 very diflferent from Felis torquata, F. Cuvier. The skull sent from 

 the Salt-range by Mr. Oldham and marked F. huttonil, Blyth. 

 Length 3 inches 10 lines, width 2 inches 7 lines. Orbits moderate, 

 incomplete behind, 1 inch in diameter ; crown convex, shelving on 

 the sides ; face rather short, broad ; nasal very long, slender. 



The orbits are much larger than in a skull of F. himaJayana, of 

 a larger size. 



Tribe IL Lynxes — Lyncina. 



Head short, subglobular. Legs elongate, the hinder ones longest. 

 Tail short, or very short. Ears pencilled at the tip. Pupils of eyes 

 oblong. The face of the skull short ; the lateral processes of the 

 intermaxillse and the frontal bones elongate, nearly reaching each 

 other, and separating the nasals from the maxillae. The orbits in- 

 complete, large ; the lobes on the inner side of the upper flesh-tooth 

 moderate-sized. 



12. Lyncus. 

 Tail very short. Limbs elongate. 



* Pads of feet overgrown with hair. Animal large. Lynx. 



1. Lyncus borealis. 



Felis lynx, Blainv. Osteog. Felis, t. 3 (skull) ; Blasius, Faun. W. 

 E. p. 173. f. 106 (skull). 



Hah. Northern Europe and Asia. 



2. Lyncus lupulinus. 



Felis lupulina, Thunb. 



Hab. Northern Europe ; Sweden. 



3. Lyncus canadensis. 



Felis canadensis, Geoffr. 

 Hab. North America. 



** Soles of feet nakedish. Animal small. Cervaria. 



4. Lyncus pardinus. 

 Felis pardina, Temm. 



Hab. Southern Europe and Turkey. 



5. Lyncus isabellinus. 



Felis isabellina, Blyth. 



F. lynx, Hodgson. 



Hab. Tibet. 



Pupil linear, erect. — Hodgson. 



6. Lyncus fasciatus. 



Felis fascial a, Harlan. 



Hab. North America, vvpstern part. 



