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1867. Lyncus fasciatus, Gray, P. Z. S., 1867, 276.—Id., Cat. Carn. Mam., 
1869, 38, sp. 6. 
1869. Panthera concolor maculata, Fitz., Ditzg. Akad. Wiss. Wein, 1869, 
lix, 636. 
Specific Characters.—Fur moderately full and soft. Above and on sides 
pale rufous overlaid with grayish, the latter color most prevalent in 
winter. A few obsolete dark spots on the sides, and indistinct longitu- 
dinal lines along the middle of the back. Color on the throat like the 
sides, but paler. Beneath, white spotted. Inside of fore and hind legs 
banded. Tail with a small black patch at the end, with indistinct sub- 
terminal half rings. Inner surface of ears black, with a white patch. 
This species has a very wide range, and varies much both with place - 
and season. Those from different localities vary much at the same ‘time. 
The synonomy of Lynx rufus covers the three sub-species into which 
Dr. Coues thinks this species is separable—Lynx rufus, var. rufus, the 
common bay lynx, which reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast’ 
throughout nearly the whole breadth of the United States; Lynx rufus, 
var. fasciatus, of the moist north-west coast of Oregon and Washington 
Territory, is a heavily colored red form; lastly, var. maculatus, the pro- 
fusely banded and spotted form from Florida, described by Prof. Baird. 
In one specimen the length of head and body was 28? inches, tail 7 
inches. Another, 27 inches in length, was 154 inches high at the shoul- 
der, and 64 inches from heel to end of hind foot. With reference to the 
variation of L. rufus in size and color, Prof. Baird states that in many of 
our animals of wide distribution there appear to be, as in this case, sev- 
eral races as far as color and dimensions are concerned, in particular 
species; skulls of the same sex and relative age being different in size. 
This is particularly true with the cats, deer, bears, and raccoons, and as 
a general rule the farther south we go the smaller the species. Northern 
skins of wild-cats have the hair longer and softer through the year than 
southern, while, as in the deer, the hair will have a reddish orbay tinge, 
replaced by grayish in the winter. 
Judge Burgoyne informs Mr. Langdon that wild-cats were occasionally 
taken in the vicinity of Cincinnati as late as 1814. It is scarcely likely 
that any remain to the present time, although they are: often found in 
Hastern Kentucky and Tennessee. 
FAMILY CANIDA. 
The Dogs are digitigrade Carnivora, with blunt, non-retractile claws. 
The feet are, apparently, all four-toed, but the foremost ones have a rudi- 
mentary thumb higher up, to which a claw is attached (sometimes want- 
ing). The dentition is typically i. $3; c. E>; pm. 74; m. #3—42. 
