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half its length towards the tip ; four or five waved bars on 

 the cheeks ; bristles of the lips white, springing from four 

 or five black streaks ; without small anterior molars or 

 false molars. Fur in summer short, rather longer in 

 winter, equally thick all over the body ; the soles of the 

 feet naked ; the toes furnished with short fur ; the coat 

 in general deep reddish brown, marked with small spots 

 of red-brown, which are oblong on the sides, and round on 

 the legs ; all the lower parts of the body and the inside of 

 the legs white, with small indistinct blackish spots ; the 

 ear-tufts and outside of the ears, except an angular space 

 of an ashy colour, black ; a whitish circle round the eyes, 

 above them, running to the forehead on each side, a lon- 

 gitudinal white spot ; no black line on the spine ; the hairs 

 of the fur are brown at base, with their points bright red- 

 brown in summer, changing to whitish in winter. 



In the young the fur is longer and less sleek, the coat 

 duller, and the bristles of the lips generally half black and 

 half white. 



The skins of this species, which are exported from Eussia, 

 are of finer quality than those of the eastern parts of Europe. 



In the full-grown animal the length of the head and body 

 is 2 feet 7 or 8 inches ; tail, 7J inches ; height at shoulder, 

 1 foot £\ inches ; from the eye to the tip of the nose, 1 inch 

 9 lines. — F. M. Occasionally individuals are met with 

 measuring two or three inches more than the above. 



This is the Common Lynx of Europe, over the greater 

 part of which it was formerly distributed. It is still found 

 in woody and mountainous districts of Germany, Eussia, 

 Poland and Hungary. Is scarce in Switzerland (Tschudi). 

 Occurs in Naples and other parts of Italy, and is probably 

 the Lynx of the North and Central mountain ranges of 

 Spain (Cook). In France it is now very seldom met with ; 

 chiefly in the Alps and Pyrenees. 



