VOL. XX, PP. 43-52 APRIL 18, 1907 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



SOME UNRECOGNIZED AND MISAPPLIED NAMES OF 

 AMERICAN MAMMALS. 



BY WILFRED H. OSGOOD. 



The type specimens of most of the mammals discussed below 

 are preserved in European institutions where few American 

 mammalogists have had opportunity to examine them. Mainly 

 for this reason, their names, although mostly well known, have 

 long been of doubtful status and are not generally accepted by 

 recent authors. During the months of September and October, 

 1906, I visited several of the more important zoological mu 

 seums of Europe and examined such American types as could 

 be found in the limited time at my disposal. For the cordial 

 reception and willing co-operation accorded me by the officers of 

 these institutions, I am extremely grateful. I desire to thank 

 especially Mr. Oldfield Thomas of the British Museum of Natural 

 History; Dr. Paul Matschie of the Berlin Museum ; Dr. E. L. 

 Trouessart and M. Menegauxof the Paris Museum ; Prof. Hert- 

 wig of Munich; Prof. Lang of Zurich, and Dr. Romer of Frank 

 fort. During the investigation of names based upon European 

 types, certain others requiring consideration were encountered 

 in literature. Discussion of these also is therefore included. 



Sciurus hudsonicus lanuginosus Bachman. 



Sciurus lanuginosus Bachman, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., pp. 101-103, 1838; 

 Townsend, Narrative of a Journey across the Rocky Mountains, Ap 

 pendix, pp. 320-321, 1839 ; Aud. and Bach., Quad. N. Am., I, pp. 199- 

 201, pi. XXV, 1851. 



?? Sciurus hudsonicus vancouverensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ill, 

 p. 165, 1890. 



? Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, loc. cit., X, pp. 277-278, 1898. 



Although based upon an albinistic specimen, the name lanuginosus is 

 apparently valid for one of the various forms of northwest coast chickarees. 

 Bachman, in the original description, quotes from a letter from Townsend 

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