The Descent of Man

to which he is liable; for the males, as Sir A.
Smith informs me, engage in terrible battles,
and a young lion dares not approach an old
one. In 1857 a tiger at Bromwich broke into the
cage of a lion and a fearful scene ensued: "the
lion's mane saved his neck and head from
being much injured, but the tiger at last succeeded
in ripping up his belly, and in a few minutes
he was dead." (42. 'The Times,' Nov. 10,
1857. In regard to the Canada lynx, see Audubon
and Bachman, 'Quadrupeds of North America,'
1846, p. 139.) The broad ruff round the
throat and chin of the Canadian lynx (Felis canadensis)
is much longer in the male than in
the female; but whether it serves as a defence I
do not know. Male seals are well known to
fight desperately together, and the males of
certain kinds (Otaria jubata) (43. Dr. Murie, on
Otaria, 'Proc. Zoolog. Soc.' 1869, p. 109. Mr. J.A.
Allen, in the paper above quoted (p. 75), doubts
whether the hair, which is longer on the neck in
the male than in the female, deserves to be ca-