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[31.] 2. Ferris rura. (Guldensted?) Bay Lynx? 
* 
Bay Lynx. PENNANT, Hist. Quadr.. No.171? Arctic Zool., vol. i., p. 51 ? 
Felis rufa. GULDENSTED, Act. Petrop., 20. p. 449? 
Mr. Douglas brought a specimen of a Lynx from the Columbia River, that is 
reported to have the same habits with the Canada Lynx, which it much resembles 
in size and form. No variety, however, of the latter inhabiting the fur countries 
to the eastward of the Rocky Mountains, presents the dark colour of the back, and 
the bright wood-brown on the sides, with the black spots on the belly, and the 
transverse black marks on the legs, exhibited by this one. The hunters consider 
it to be quite distinct from the Canada Lynx. Neither does it correspond entirely 
with the descriptions given by authors of the Bay Lynx, although it much resem- 
bles that animal in the markings about the face. Mr. Douglas thinks that there 
are more than one non-descript animal of this genus, which inhabit the countries 
bordering on the Columbia. The skins procured in that quarter are generally 
carried to the China market, without passing through the hands of European 
furriers ; hence, they are not likely to have come under the inspection of M. 
Temminck, who has so well described the Atlantic species. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Size and general aspect, exclusive of colour, that of a small Canada Lynx. The colour of 
the hind head and of a broad dorsal stripe is blackish-brown, a little grizzled by a con- 
siderable number of the tips of the hairs being of a pale wood-brown. On these parts the fur 
is hair-brown at its roots, and blackish-brown for the greater part of its length. On the 
dorsal aspect of the neck the fur is reddish-brown from the base to near the tips, where the 
longer hairs are ringed with wood-brown and black ; the colour of the surface is produced by 
an intimate mixture of the two latter, but, as on the back, there are neither spots nor streaks. 
The forehead has a hoary brown colour, with dark brownish markings. The eyelashes are 
black, the upper and under eyelids, most of the whiskers, and part of the upper lip, are white. 
The fur on the cheeks is yellowish-brown, with white tips, and there is a dark stripe under 
the eye, another on the back part of the cheek, and a third at the angle of the mouth. The 
ears are lined interiorly with pale hairs, and are covered posteriorly with blackish-brown fur. 
The tufts on their tips, if any existed, have fallen off. The sides of the neck and the flanks 
are pale chestnut, brown, rendered hoary by white tips equably but sparingly diffused. The 
same colour prevails on the shoulders, and outer aspects of the fore and hind extremities, 
