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inscribed "Nov 1916" in pencil on back After the success of the 1914 articles, illustrated by Fuertes, in raising interest and awareness in American birds, the magazine editors introduced a November 1916 extended article titled "The Larger North American Mammals," again with paintings by Fuertes. "So great is the potential as well as the practical value along educational lines of this remarkable series of animal studies that The Geographic has not hesitated to expend $40,000 in its publication. We congratulate our readers who have made such an achievement possible by their enthusiastic interest and support." "Like all cats it is very muscular and active, and to the rabbits, squirrels, mice, grouse, and other small game upon which it feeds is a persistent and remorseless enemy. Although an expert tree-climber, it spends most of its time on the ground, where it ordinarily seeks its prey...As in the case of most small cats, the stealthy hunting habits of the bay lynx renders it excessively destructive to ground-frequenting birds, especially to quail, grouse, and other game birds."