. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. â ..â ^;iMi»«»»" No. ZOOLOGY. 659 hut. on the latter, a few white hairs are intermixed ; the whole under-parts, and the Insides of the lej?H, are a din^y white; the (ail is brownish above, becoming whiter at the end, and is entirely white beneath. Fetis Canadenxii. Canadian Lynx. A very fine specimen of this beautiful but rapacious animal, which Is usually called in the British settlements and atnont^st the
. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. â ..â ^;iMi»«»»" No. ZOOLOGY. 659 hut. on the latter, a few white hairs are intermixed ; the whole under-parts, and the Insides of the lej?H, are a din^y white; the (ail is brownish above, becoming whiter at the end, and is entirely white beneath. Fetis Canadenxii. Canadian Lynx. A very fine specimen of this beautiful but rapacious animal, which Is usually called in the British settlements and atnont^st the hunters of America, the Wild Cat, was sent from Cumberland-House, It is a timid animal, ofTers little resistance when attacked, and is easily despatched by a blow on the back. The remarkable points of its character are, its sharp ears, tipped with a tuft of black hair; long bunches of hair on each side at the back of its under jaw; its thick and furry legs and feet, and its short toil tipped with blnck. The specimen stands about sixteen inches high, and measures three feet from the top of its nose to the end of the txil, which latter is only four inches long ; the mass of hair on its back and sides is short and thick, that on the back is dark below tipped with white, on the sides reddish bclDW and tipped also with white, the whole having a reddish grey mottled appearance, but not spotted ; the hair of the belly is light and long ; that of the head is grey, as on the back, but shorter; the head is thick and short, the eyes placed forward, whiskers white and turned back ; nails white, short, and sharp, slightly curvetl. M. Geoffrey St. Hilare sepnriited this animal from the European Lynx, considering it a distinct species. The skins, which are imported from America, make a beautiful fur, and are in high estimatipn, near nihe thousand being the amount imported last year by the Hudson's Bay Company. The flesh k good as food, it is white, and has some resemblance to a r
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