FEBRUARY 
41 
C, — I have seen a specimen of the Lynx ( Felis Canaden- 
sis ) in the museum of the Literary and Historical Society at 
Quebec ; it is stoutly built, and has a very fierce look, so 
that I should think it a somewhat formidable adversary. 
F. — I do not believe that it would face a man ; at least 
I have never heard of an instance : its attacks appear to be 
confined to birds, and the smaller quadrupeds, which it pur- 
sues chiefly on trees : its colour is elegant, and its eye is said 
to have peculiar brilliancy. I have never seen a living spe- 
cimen, though they are numerous in the northern part of the 
province, and are much hunted for their skins. 
CANADIAN LYNX. 
Felis Canadensis. 
C, — Yonder is the river; what is that black thing swim- 
ming in that small space of open water ? 
F, — It is the head of an Otter (Lutra Canadensis ) : he 
