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brown colour, with the breast and belly inclining to 
orange ; the tail, tipped with black, has three black 
bars some way from its extremity ; and on the insides 
of the legs, near the knee, are two dark bars. It is 
found on the western side of the Caspian Sea, whence 
Pennant has named it the Caspian lynx, and in 
Egypt. Cuvier identifies this with the booted lynx 
of Bruce, which has the hind part of the legs black 
some way up, but extending farther on the hind legs 
than on those before. This animal inhabits the 
neighbourhood of rivers and lakes, and preys very 
much on water fowl. 
The opposite figures represent two species, which 
were exhibited in Mr. Riddell’s museum. They are 
here named, though with considerable hesitation, 
after Guldenstedt. The first of these, the chaus, 
was near three feet long, and its tail measured eleven 
inches.' It was exceedingly strong in make about 
the shoulders ; there was a kind of crescent of white 
passing from the throat, on each side, to behind the 
ears ; the tail was dark above, and rusty beneath, 
with a white ring near the end, and the tip black. 
At the insertion of the tail, the fold of the thigh, 
and the elbow, was a small black streak. As these 
characters are not noticed by Guldenstedt in his 
description of the chaus, its identity with this animal 
seems uncertain, though in other respects they appear 
to correspond. 
The other figure seems referable to an American 
species, and will be mentioned among the lynxes of 
that continent. 
