MAMMALS BOVID^E BOS AMER1CANUS. fi7 



of the party killed a female bear having with her two cubs, one quite black 

 in color and the other brown, and this, it is stated, is not uncommon. One 

 line skin obtained. 



This animal is very frequently found in nearly the whole of the hilly 

 and wooded country of Arizona, The Coyotero and Mogollon Mountains 

 appear to be the home of this class of animals. Skins were often brought 

 into camp by the Indians at Camp Apache. 



Skins of var. cinnamomeus .were obtained at Camp Apache, and it was 

 also seen at Bill Williams' Mountain, and is chiefly found along the eastern 

 border of Arizona and into New Mexico. Obtained by Lieutenant Mar- 

 shall at Pagosa Hot Springs, Western Colorado, in 1874. 



UNGULATA, 



FAM. BOVIDAE. 



Genus BOS, L. 



BOS AMERICANUS, Gm. 

 Buffalo. 



Taurus mexlcanus, HERNAND., Mcx., 1051, 587, $ . 



Taureau sauvage, HENNEPIN, Nonv. Discov., i, 1G99, ISO. 



Buffalo, LAWSON, Car., 1709, 115. SAY, Long's Exp., iii, 1S23, 08. 



.Bos bison, L., Syst. N , i, 17CG, partly. 



Bos americanus, GJI., Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 204. DESM., Mamiu., ii, 1822, 490. HAEL., 

 Fu. Ainer., 1825, 208. GODM., Am. Nat, Hist., iii, 1831, 4. RICH., F. B.A., i, 

 1829, 279. DOUGHTY'S Cab. N. H., ii, 1832, 109, pi. 14. GIEBEL, Saug., 

 1855, 271. MARC Y, Rep. Red River, 1852, 201. WOODH., Sitgr. Rep. Zufii 

 & Colorado, 1854, 57. 



Bison americanus, GRIFF., An. Kingd., v, 1827, 374. TURNER, P. Z. S., 1850, 174. 

 BAIRD, Agric. Rep. U. S. Patent Office 1851, 1852, 124. AUD. & BACH., Q. 

 N. A., ii, 1851, 32, pis. GO, 07. 



Not common in Colorado, but a few individuals in 1873 visited South 

 Park. One female was killed and calf captured. 



In Arizona, Dr. Cones obtained some years since evidence considered 

 satisfactory of the former presence of the Buffalo in that Territory, where 

 it is now entirely unknown. 



