. The pests of the farm; being an account of the various depredating animals, birds, and insects which annoy the American farmer . greatest abundance. The northern lynx has a large body and strong legs, and mea-sures about three feet from the tip of its nose to the end of itstail, which is about six or seven inches long, and black for half itslength towards the extremity. The head is thick and round, andthe ears sharp and tipped with a tuft of black hair. There arefour or five small undulating bands on the cheeks, and the labialwhiskers are white. The animal is about sixteen inches high. The g
. The pests of the farm; being an account of the various depredating animals, birds, and insects which annoy the American farmer . greatest abundance. The northern lynx has a large body and strong legs, and mea-sures about three feet from the tip of its nose to the end of itstail, which is about six or seven inches long, and black for half itslength towards the extremity. The head is thick and round, andthe ears sharp and tipped with a tuft of black hair. There arefour or five small undulating bands on the cheeks, and the labialwhiskers are white. The animal is about sixteen inches high. The general color of the northern lynx is deep reddish, marked on the flanks with small oblong spots of a reddish brown, with small round spots of the same color on the limbs. The ears are black externally, but covered by an angular space of shining 1* 10 THE PESTS OF THE FARM. ash color; the eyes are surrounded by a whitish circle to ablack longitudinal mark above them, running from each side to-ward the front. The back is never marked by a black band along its middle. In summer dress the pelage is short, the hair being brown at. THE LYNX. the base and of a bright red at the point. In winter the hairs arelonger and all their points are whitish ; the silky hairs, which aremost numerous and long in winter, render the color of the animalash or whitish, which in summer gives place to the more decidedred, marked with brown spots. The lynx is to be shot or caughtby traps, like the wild cat. The Skunk.—Pedestrians, called by business or pleasure toramble through the country during the morning or evening twi-light, occasionally see a small and pretty animal a short distancebefore them in the path, scampering forward without appearingmuch alarmed, and advancing in a zig-zag or somewhat serpentinedirection. Experienced persons generally delay long enough toallow this unwelcome fellow-traveler to withdraw from the path :but it often happens that a view of the animal arouses the ardor QUADRU
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