CARACAL. 375 
the Count de BufFon, has the ears red on the 
outside, instead of black. This is considered by 
Mr. Pennant as a variety of the former, under 
the title of Lybian Caracal, He describes it thus : 
Cat with short black tufts to the ears, which 
are white within: of a lively red without: tail 
white at the tip, annulated with four black rings, 
with some black marks behind the four legs. It 
is greatly inferior in size to the former; not larger 
than a common Cat. Inhabits both Lybia and 
Barbary." 
In reality it is the species Avhich Mr. Bruce 
names the Booted Lynx, and of which he has 
given an elegant figure in his appendix. It mea- 
sures, according to Mr. Bruce, 22 inches from the 
nose to the tail, which is 13 inches long. The gene- 
ral colour is a pale reddish-grey, whitish beneath : 
the back of the ears reddish-brown ; the insides 
lined with white hair : the tips penciled with long 
black hairs : on the back of all the feet runs a 
black band, which, on the fore feet, reaches two 
mches, and on the hind feet four inches up the 
leg : the tail is of the same colour as the back, at 
its origin, but towards the end grows whitish, 
and is marked with four black rings. He chiefly 
preys, according to Mr. Bruce, on Guinea-fowl, 
which are extremely plentiful in those parts. 
He has very much the appearance of a common 
cat ; often mounts trees, and is said to be exceed- 
ingly fierce. 
It is easy to perceive that this species must in 
