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tribution of the species it would be inadvisable if not unjust to elim- 
inate as yet such species as Didelphys virginianus californica (Ben- 
nett) Allen, and Hesperomys ( Vesperimus) aztecus (De Saussure) 
Allen. 
The Forest and Stream notices an oversight by which the mount- 
ain or white goat (azama montana Ord) was omitted. This spe- 
cies was found as late as 1868 in Inyo County by Capt. Charles E. 
Bendire, and Dr. Merriam has obtained evidence of its occurrence 
on Mt. Kearsage. Probably some of the parties from the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture now at work in that region will obtain new in- 
formation regarding the present existence of the white goat in Cal-_ 
ifornia. 
Messrs. John Fannin and George Bird Grinnell, in their exhaust- 
ive account of the species, cite the probably occurrence of this goat 
in eastern Lassen County (Granite Creek Mountains), near the Ne- 
vada line. If such should prove to be correct, it adds an impor- 
tant link to the chain which probably once connected the extreme 
southernmost known point (Inyo County) of the animals’ range 
along the Sierra Nevada Mountains into Oregon. The deer which 
the Forest and Stream believes should have been included is 
perhaps the unestablished variety of Cariacus macrotis from the 
Coast Range of southern California, mentioned by Judge Caton as 
‘differing in important particulars from those found east of the 
Sierras.’’ 
Some species will probably have to be eliminated, as Sciurus hud- 
sonius fremonti, Dipodomys phillipsi, and others not yet determined, 
while the following three have since been described: Alalapha telio- 
tis H. Allen, from a specimen supposed to be from southern Califor- 
nia; /7istiotus maculatus Allen, taken in Ventura County, and Pero- 
gnathus ( Chetodipus) femoralis Allen, from Dulzura, San Diego 
_ County. There is also to be added Sorex pacificus Baird, now 
_ known to occur in California, and I have several specimens of an- 
other unidentified Sorex from the vicinity of San Francisco, which 
will require to be added. Neurotrichus gibbsii (Baird) has been 
taken in Marin County by Mr. C. A. Allen, so Prof. T. S. Palmer 
informs me. 
The lynxes found in this State, Dr. Merriam considers, are Lynx 
_ fasciatus Raf., and Lynx baileyi Merriam, which was first described 
