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face of the legs nor on the tibise ; a few transverse bars on 

 the base of the tail. Fur on the front of the neck, chest, 

 and belly very long and white ; on the outside of the ear 

 a black angular stripe, from the extremity of which rises a 

 very slender ear-tuft. 



In the young, when about half-grown, the fur is a dirty 

 yellowish white, with spots longer than wide, of rather 

 darker yellow, more or less distinctly marked, and sur- 

 rounded with reddish brown ; on the outside of the legs are 

 brown round spots ; during the transition from the young 

 to the adult state, the brownish-black spots are more nu- 

 merous, often indistinctly marked, and more or less running 

 into each other ; the transverse lines of the tail are brown. 



In an adult, the length of head and body is from 2 feet 

 9 inches to 3 feet ; tail, from 7 to 9 inches ; height at the 

 shoulder, 2 feet 6 or 7 inches ; from the eye to the nose a 

 little more than 2 inches. In the young, the total length, 

 including the tail, is about 2 feet 4 inches, or 2 feet 6 

 inches. — F. M. 



This Lynx, according to Temminck, is probably a native 

 of the North of Russia in Europe, but the skins which are 

 sold at Moscow come from Siberia. 



Felis borealis. 



Felis borealis, Tbmm. Monog. vol. ii. p. 109 ; De Selys, Index des 

 Mamm. 



Description. — Of smaller size than the last species ; tail 

 shorter than the head, blunt, and, as it were, truncated at 

 the end ; only the tip black ; bristles of the lips composed 

 of black hairs, and of hairs black below and white above ; 

 ear-tufts long ; very long whiskers on the cheeks ; muzzle 

 blunt. Fur close, not as long as in F. cervaria, and 

 coarser ; legs and soles of the feet extremely hairy ; fur 

 without distinct spots ; the hairs on the back nearly 1% inch 



