36 THE WILD CAT OF EUROPE. 



In Scandinavia. — The Wild Cat is not found, 

 although naturalists have adopted the name Felis 

 catus, by which it is generally known, from Linnteus, 

 a Swedish naturalist ; its place is taken by the 

 Northern Lynx {Felis lyncus). Pontoppidan, no 

 doubt, means this animal when he says: — "We have 

 Cats both tame and wild ; the latter are very large, 

 and their skins bear a good price. They live by 

 catching birds upon the trees ; they steal upon them 

 and then seize them by a sudden leap." 



