62 ZOOLOGY. 



Sparingly iound in Wahsatch Mountains. One very fine skin obtained 

 from Indians at Fillniore, Utah. Stuffed specimen seen in Salt Lake City 

 Museum from Bear River, Utah. This is near the extreme southern limit 

 where this animal has been found. It is only lately that the southward 

 extension of the species in the Rocky Mountains has been fully determined. 

 Both Mr. Allen and Mr. Trippe ascertained its occurrence in Colorado south 

 of 40, and Dr. Coues obtained evidence of its existence even in Arizona. 



Subfamily MEPHITINAE. 

 Genus MEPHITIS, Cuv. 



MEPHITIS MBPHITICA, (Shaw) Bel. 

 American Skunk. 



(?) Viverm mephitica, SHAW, Gen. Zoo!., i, 1800, 390. 



Mephitis mephitica, BD., Mauiiu. 1ST. A., 1857, 195. COOP. & SUCKL., N. H. Wash. 

 Terr., 1800, 94. HAYD., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., xii, 18C1, 143. SAM.. 

 9th Ann. Rep. Agric. Mass., 18G2, 1G1. GEKRAED, Cat. Bones Br. Mus., 

 1862, 97. Z\LLEN, Bull. M. C. Z., i, 1809, 178 ; ii, 1871, 109. ALLKN, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc., xiii, 1869, 183. GILP., Pr. Nova Scotia lust., ii, 1870, 00. 

 STEV., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. 1870, 1871, 401. PARKER, Am. Nat., v, 

 1871, 246 (anatomy). ALLEN, Bull. Essex lust., vi, 1874, 40, 54, 59, 63. 

 ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soe., xvii, 1874, 38. AMES, Bull. Minn. Acail., 1874, 09. 



Mephitis chinga, TIEDEM., Zool., i, 1808, 362 (partly). AUD. & BACH., Quad. N. A., i. 

 1849, 317, pi. 42. 



Mephitis varians var. chinga, GRAY, P. Z. S., 1865, 148. 



'' Mustela" americana var. K, DESM., Main., i, 1820, 186 (lapsu for "Mephitis"). 



Mephitis americana, SAB., Frankl. Jour., 1823, 653. DEKAY, N. Y. Zool., i, 1842, 29, 

 pi. 12, f. 1. WYMAN, Pr. Bost. Soc., i, 1844, 110 (anat.). WARKEN, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc., iii, 1849, 175 (anat,). 



Mephitis americana var. huclsonica, RICH., F. B. A., i, 1829, 55. 



Chincha americana, LESS., Nouv. Tabl. Regue Aiiim., 1842, 67. 



Mephitis chinchc, Fiscn., Syn., 1829, 200 (partly). 



Mephitis mesomelas, LlCHT., Darst. Sang., pi. 55, f. 2. BD., Mauim. N. A., 1857, 199. 



Mephitis varians, GRAY, Mag. N. EL, i, 1837, 581. BD., Main. N. A., 1857, 193. 



Mephitis macroura, AUD. & BACH., Quad. N. A., iii, 1853, 11, pi. 102 (not of Lie-lit). 



Mephitis occidental-is, BD., Main. N. A., 1857, 194. 



A number of skunks were killed by the party, but none brought in. 

 They are said to be quite common. It is a matter of some interest with 

 regard to this beautiful little animal that, the Rev. Dr. Hovey, in " Silliman's 

 Journal" for May, 1874, states its bite, under certain conditions, is capable 



