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prettily varied by a number of short transverse stripes of blackish-brown ; the insides of the’ 
extremities are paler, but exhibit the same transverse dark marks. The under jaw is white, 
except the tip of the chin, which is brownish. The throat is white. The chest is coloured 
and spotted nearly like the shoulders. The belly is white, tinged anteriorly with brown, and 
marked throughout with rather large blackish-brown spots. The tail is reddish-brown, with 
some blackish markings above; and is white underneath. It is shaped like the tail of the 
Canada Lynx. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines, Inches. Lines. 
Length of the head and body pi 33 0 Length of the head, including the curvature 
x tail (vertebrae) . ° A 0 of the forehead . . . - 6 6 
Height of the ear . ‘ A Sui? 0 
[32.] 3. Fexis FasciaTa. (Rafinesque.) Banded Lynx. 
The Tiger cat. Lewis and Ciark, vol. iii. p. 28. 
Lynx fasciatus. ‘‘ RAFINESQUE, Am. Month, Mag. piace 46.” Desmarest, Mamm.. 
Harwan, Fauna, p. 100. 
I possess no other information respecting this animal than what is contained in 
the following description of it by Lewis and Clark. It seems to bear considerable 
resemblance to the Canada Lynx, but differs from it, and from the preceding 
species, in the transverse dorsal stripes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
“ The tiger cat inhabits the borders of the plains and the woody country in the neighbour- 
hood of the Pacific. It is of a size larger than the wild cat of the United States, and much the 
same in form, agility, and ferocity. The colour of the back, neck, and sides is of a reddish- 
brown, irregularly variegated with small spots of dark-brown: the tail is about two inches 
long, and nearly white, except the extremity, which is black. It terminates abruptly, as if it 
had been amputated. The belly is white, beautifully variegated with small black spots ; 
the legs are of the same colour with the sides, and the back is marked transversely with 
black stripes : the ears are black on the outer side, covered with fine, short hair, exceptiat 
the upper point, which is furnished with a pencil of hair, fine, straight, and black, three- 
fourths of an inch in length. The hair of this animal is long and. fine, far pense that: 
of the wild cat of the United States.” 
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