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dark grizzled fulvous; the white stripe on the hind foot of californicus 
has disappeared and is represented by a pale streak. 
Remarks.—Gray foxes are abundant in the Transiticn zone about 
the base of Shasta, and although no specimens were secured by our 
party a number were obtained by C. H. Townsend in 1883 along the 
McCloud River. 
Felis oregonensis Rafinesque. Oregon Puma; Mountain Lion. 
Rather rare, but formerly common on Shasta. In July Bailey saw 
fresh tracks among the Shasta firs a little below Red Butte. C. Ii. 
Townsend obtained seven specimens in Shasta County in 1883 and 
1884, several of which were killed near the fish hatchery on the McCloud. 
He states: “Tt is practically impossible to raise colts in the Shasta 
County hills on account of these pests. They destroy many hogs and 
young cattle also, but do not present so serious an impediment to the 
keeping of these animals as in the case of horses. Mr. J. B. Campbell, 
who trapped two panthers for me in 1883, told me that he had actually 
never seen more than two or three of the numerous colts born on his 
stock range, as they had been killed and devoured by panthers soon 
after birth.” 
Lynx fasciatus pallescens subsp. nov. Wild-cat. 
Type from south base of Mount Adams, near Trout Lake, Washington. No. 76585, ¢ 
ad., U. 8. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Coll. Collected January 10, 1895, by 
D.N. Kaegi. Orig. No. 23. 
Characters.—Similar to LL. fasciatus, but slightly smaller and every- 
where very much paler, particularly the head and face; basal black 
ear patch (in winter pelage) indistinct or absent; gray ear patch larger; 
general color hoary gray, contrasted with the dark rich rufous of 
Jasciatus, Skull like that of fasciatus, but slightly smaller; carnassial 
teeth and second upper molar less swollen. 
Remarks.—Specimens from the region about Shasta (Klamath country 
on the north and Pitt and McCloud rivers on the south) differ slightly 
from Trout Lake specimens; they show less tendency to spotting and 
have slightly larger carnassial teeth and audital bullie. 
This wild-cat is fairly common in the chaparral of the basal slopes 
of Shasta. One was seen a little below Wagon Camp, and tracks were 
several times noted by Vernon Bailey in the trail a little above Wagon 
Camp. Tracks were seen also in Shasta Valley by W. H. Osgood. In 
1883-84 C. H. Townsend trapped many wild-cats along McCloud River 
and the lower part of Squaw Creek, where they were “‘apparently as 
numerous as [gray] fuxes, and as easily secured.” Most of these belong 
to the present species, but one belongs to the following: 
Lynx californicus (Mearns). California Wild-cat. 
A. specimen which I provisionally refer to this species was obtained 
by C. H. Townsend at Baird, on McCloud River, in 1883. It is a 
much smaller animal than Zi. fasciatus pallescens and has conspicu- 
ously smaller teeth. 
