2 54 The Mammals of Colorado 
indistinct blackish band in front of it, the two being separated 
by a fulvous band. 
Only one skull of this species is at hand, that of the before men- 
tioned Baca County specimen. Its special characteristics seem 
to be its size, compared with the size of the animal, being as long as a 
skull of female uinta, which animal measured an inch more in total 
length, while the width of the palate and across the zygomata are 
proportionately much greater. The skull is flatter across the 
frontals and the postorbital processes do not slant as sharply down- 
ward as in the uinta skull. The brain-case seems somewhat narrower 
than in the m7ita specimen. The wide-spreading zygomata give the 
whole skull a broad squarish appearance. 
Distribution. — Our knowledge of distribution of Bailey's Bobcat 
is somewhat indefinite ; it seems to be found in Arizona, New Mexico, 
Texas, Colorado and probably in Oklahoma. The only positive 
Colorado records at present are Gaume's Ranch, in the northwest 
corner of Baca County, and Mesa de Maya, Las Animas County. 
Habits. — The two species of Bobcats found in Colorado 
have very similar habits. They are generally found making 
their homes around rocky places where ther^ are holes and 
crevices for dens. From these places they start out at dusk 
in search of prey, which consists of rabbits, wood-rats, mice, 
and birds they may be able to surprise — in fact, almost any 
animal not too large for their strength. No doubt they do 
occasionally pick up a young lamb, and they every now and 
then make a raid on a poultry yard. I know of such a 
case where the raider trapped himself nicely. The chickens 
were in a small frame building which had once been used for 
a dwelling and had a hole cut in the roof for a stove-pipe. 
The cat got into the house through this hole, killed all the 
chickens, some 25 or 30, and then could not get out the way 
he came in, and had to wait for the owner to come in the 
morning and pay the penalty of his crime. Still it is quite 
likely that these cats are really beneficial to man on the whole, 
as they must kill a great many small harmful animals, and 
poultry killings are comparatively infrequent. They are 
cowardly animals, and easily treed by almost any kind of a 
