MAMMALIA. FER2E. Cat. 157 



Inhabits Lybia near the ancient Capia. — The infides of the ears are white, the out fides are covered 

 with bufhy hair of a lively red colour, and the points are tufted with thin fhort black pencils ; the 

 feet have black patches behind like thole of the Booted Lynx : It is about the fize of a Common do- 

 meftic Cat, and does not appear to differ very much from the former fpecies. 



294 7. Common Lynx. — 19. F. Lynx vulgaris. 7. 



The tail is obfeurely annulated and black at the tip ; the head and body are of a grey, 

 ifh colour tinged with red, and obfeurely niaked with dufky fpots. Schrcber, iii. 408. 

 t. cix. 



Felis Lynx, having a fhort tail with a black tip; and tufted ears. Syft.Nat. ed. xii. I. p. 62. n. 7. 

 — Having a fhort tail, and the body of a reddiih colour with dufky fpots. Faun. Suec. i. n. 4. It. 

 Wyoth. 222. — Having the ears tufted at their tips with very long hairs, and a fhort tail. BrifT. 

 quad. 200. — Dafypus pinuum. Nieremb. hift. nat. 153. — Lupus Cervarius. Gefn. quad. 677. Tour- 

 x nef. voy. ii. t. 193. — Luchs. Ridinger wild, thiere. 22. — Lynx. Aldrov. 90. Raj. 166. Jonft. 83. 

 t. 71. Sm. Buff. v. 206. pi. exxi. Penn. hilt, of quad. n. 170. Arc}, zool. n. 15. 



295 8. White Lynx. — F. Lynx mills?, albus. 



Of a white colour, with dufky fpots. Faun. Suec i. 2. n. 5. and ii. 5. n. i-i. Klein, quad. 77. 

 Briff. anim.. 274. n. 14. 



206 7' Yellow Lynx. — F. Lynx vulg. melinus. 



Of an uniform whitiih yellow on the upper parts and white beneath ; the ears tipt with 

 black. Penn. hill, of quad. p. 279. 



297 <£ Thibet Lynx.— -F. Lynx vulg. maculatur. 



Of a yellowifli white colour with dufky fpots. Penn. hift. of quad. p. 280. 



Inhabits Europe, America, the north of Afia, and Japan. — The Lynx keeps moftly in the recefles 

 of the thickeff forefts, preying on deer, martins, and various kinds of weafels, cats, fquirre : >s, 



birds, and even on its own kind, when preffed with hunger, and attacks fheep and goats ev !s 



and cots : It is a very cunning animal, pofTeffed of very acute fight and fmell, and attac . 

 furprife. It engenders in February, and, after nine weeks, the female brings three J 

 ones at a litter : It is about the fize of a -Fox, though fome are confidgrably larger, -^nd 

 of Wulf-luchs from the Germans; the fecond variety, or "White Lynx, is rather fmalkr ; . . . 



298 8. Canadian Lynx. — F. Lynx canadenfts. 



Of a greyifh colour mixed with white, and diflincliy fpotted with blar" 

 217. pi. exxii, 



