CANADIAN LYNX. 
The Canadian Lynx, or Lynx Canadensis 
of the Linnaean system, is a native of Canada, 
as the name obviously imports. 
BufFon notices this animal in his history 
and description of the Common Lynx ; but it 
was not either figured or described, till he 
introduced it in his Supplement. 
We have copied his figure, and shall adop«- 
his description, of the Canadian Lynx, 
" W e here," says Buffon, " give the figure 
of a Canadian Lynx, from an excellent spe- 
cimen in the Royal Cabinet. It is only two 
feet three inches long, from the tip of the 
nose to the origin of the tail ; and from twelve 
to thirteen inches high. The body is covered 
with long greyish hair, mixed with white and 
striped with yellow. The spots are more or 
less black. The head is greyish, blended with 
white and bright yellow hairs ; and striped, 
as it were, with black, in some parts, The 
