54 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



The Lynx of the Marshes, Booted Lynx, &c. (Felis Chaus, 

 Guld.) Schreb; CX. Bruce"s Travels, pi. xxv. 



A yellowish gray brown; hinder part of the 

 legs blackish. Inhabits the marshes of the Cau- 

 casus, of Persia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Hants 

 water-fowl, &c. 



The Caracal (Felis Caracal, L.) Buff. IX. xxiv. and Supp. 



III. XLV. 



Of a vinous red nearly uniform. Inhabits Per- 

 sia, Turkey, fyc. Is the true lynx of the an- 

 cients. 



The inferior species, the ears of which have no 

 pencils of hairs, resemble more or less our domestic 

 cat. Such are, 



The Serval, (Felis Serval, L.) Buff. XIII. xxxv. 



As large as a lynx. Yellowish, with irregular 

 black spots. 



The Jaguarondi, (Felis jaguar ondi,) Azzara, Voy. pi. x. 



Elongated, and altogether of a brownish black. 

 Both these last live in the forests of South 

 America. 



The Common Cat, (Felis catus, L.) Buff. VI. i. fyc. 



Originally a native of our European forests, In 

 its wild state it is grayish brown, with trans- 



