492 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



between the Caracal and Common Lynx. It is yellowish- 

 brown above, with some deeper shadows, lighter on the 

 breast and belly, and whitish on the throat ; the limbs and 

 cheeks have a yellowish tint ; two black bands mark the 

 arms and thighs. The tail reaches the calcaneum, whitish 

 towards the point, with three black annuli ; behind the 

 paws is black, like the tips of the ears, but the rest of the 

 convexity of the ear is yellow. 



This is the Booted Lynx of Bruce, whose individual ap- 

 pears to have been a small one. It is found from Barbary 

 to India. 



The Common Lynx appears to be so much subject to 

 variety, or to be so nearly allied to other species, that it 

 is extremely difficult to discover its constant specific cha- 

 racters from those that are subject to change. It is about 

 twice the size of the Wild Cat ; the back and limbs are 

 generally bright red, with blackish-brown dots ; round the 

 eye is white ; three lines of black spots on the cheeks join 

 a large black oblique band on each side of the neck under 

 the ear ; the fur of these parts, longer than elsewhere, forms 

 a sort of lateral beard. The forehead and top of the head 

 are dotted with black. On the top of the neck are four 

 black lines, and in the middle one irregular and interrupted. 

 The dots form two oblique bands on the shoulders, and 

 transverse bands on the fore legs. The feet are yellow and 

 spotless, but the tarsus of the hind feet has a brown band. 



The convexity of the ears is black at the base and tip, 

 ashy in the middle ; the tail is yellow-white underneath, 

 and dotted with black like the back. 



Others have the spots only a little deeper red than the 

 ground colour ; the upper part of the tail red, the under 

 part white, and the tip black, as that of Buffon, torn x., 

 plate 21. 



The Swedes acknowledge considerable differences in the 

 Lynx, from which they make one race with black spots 



