LYNX. 
it. It likewise seizes birds ; and watches the 
approach of Stags, Fallow-Deer, Hares, &cc. 
darts down upon them, seizes them by the 
throat, sucks their blood, and opens the skull 
■to devour ti'ieir brain ; after which, it often 
abandons them, and goes in quest of fi"csh 
game. It seldom returns to it's prey ; which 
is the reason why the Lynx has been scid to 
liave a very bad memory. The colour of it's 
hair changes with the climate and the season. 
The winter furs are more bcautifal, and richer, 
than those of summer. It's flesh, like that of 
all carnivorous animals, is not good.'* 
To this copious abstracl: from Buiion, we 
may add a few lines from Pennant : who tells 
us, that the Common Lynx, which is here 
figured and described, sometimes varies in co- 
lour. *' The Irbys," says he, from Lake 
Balckash, situate west of the Pviver Irtish, or 
the Kattlo of the Swedes, is whitish, spotted 
with black, and larger than the common kind : 
this large variety is called by the Germans 
Wolf-Lucks, and Kalb-Lucks, on account of 
it's size. In the British Museum are two most 
bcantiful specimens, said to have been brought 
from 
