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No. 15. — Northern Lynx (F. Canadensis). Grey, with vestigial stripes ; its 

 short tail is tipped black. 



No. 16. — Bornean red Cat (f. Badid). Yellowish-brown, with vestigial 

 stripes on chest. 



No. 17. — '^yxs.i^F.Eyra). Yellowish-brown, wholly ^/(j?« ; abdomen pale. 



No. 18. — European red Lynx (^F. Lynx). Reddish-brown on back and legs ; 

 abdomen pale. 



No. 19. — Yaguarundi {F. Yaguarttndi). Like the Puma, but with stripes on 

 the abdomen, and spots over the eyes like those of the black-and-tan Dog. 



N.B. — As there are no two Cats exactly alike, although of the same species, 

 two authors describing the same species from different specimens will describe 

 it somewhat differently. The variations in the same species and the transitions 

 from species to species are simply itintimerable. 



Better than any description in words will be found the pictures of Cats in 

 \o\. i. Royal Natural History, and those of Mr. Elliot's Felidce, the mounted 

 animals in the Natural History Museum, and the live animals in the Zoological 

 Society's Gardens. 



