6 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



22 Synotus Towxsexdii Cooper, (Warner) — Townsend's Bat. Nebraska 

 and Washington Territory to Utali, (and Cal. ?) See Ann. N. Y. Lyceum 

 Nat. Hist. IV, 73, pi. 3, f. 6. 



23 Antrozous pallidus Leconte, (Allen) — Pale Bat. Columbia River to 

 Cape St. Lucas and Te.xas. See U. S. Mex. Bound. Rep. II, 2, p. 4, pi. 1, f. 1. 

 For other illustrations see Allen's work. 



Order Rodknti 



A. 



24* Spermophilus elegans Kennicott — Elegant Ground Squirrel — Proc. 

 Phil. Ac. Nat. Sc, 1863. Hah. near Salt Lake, Utah, to Johnson's Pass, 

 Sierra Nevada, where I found it ir> 1863. Pitt River? 



25* Spermophilus lateralis Say, (Rich.) — Say's Ground Squirrel — Near 

 summits of the Sierra Nevada, lat. 38'' common. 



26 Pteromys Oregonensis Bachman — Oregon Plying Squirrel — Sent from 

 Mendocino County to Mr. Lorquin. ^ 



27* Lagomys princeps Richardson — "Little Chief Hare ";■ Rat-rabbit — I 

 obtained specimens near the snow line, above Johnson's Pass, Sierra Nevada, 

 which I cannot distinguish from the descriptions and figures of the above, 

 which is found in the Cascade Range, near lat. 49" and the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, lat. 42'^ See our Proceedings for October, 1863, p. 69, for record of its 

 occurrence so far south.** » 



Order Cetacea. 



The Pacific species of this order, not found in the Arctic Sea, are all distinct 

 from those of the Atlantic Ocean, but some have been described in costly for- 

 eign works as from Japan, and therefore, it has been impossible so far, to name 

 ours with any certainty. From the notes and drawings of Capt. Scararaon, I 

 have recognized species of the following genera : 



28 Bal/EiVa California Gray. 



29 BAL.ENA Right Whale. Probably not B. mysticetus. 



30 RoRQUALUs Humpback Whale. 



31 RoRQUALus —  Finback Whale. 



32 RoRQUALUs Sulphur-bottom. 



33 Physeter Sperm Whale. Probably P. macrocephalus. 



34 Glomcephalus Black Fish. 



35 Piioc/ENA Bay Porpoise. 



36 I)elphinl-s Dolphin Porpoise. Apparently two or three species. 



37 Orca Killer. 



Dr. Gray's catalogues of the British Museum also mention species of the fol- 

 lowing genera as found on the " Northwest coast " of America, but they 

 probably never or rarely approach our shores : 



** 3Ir. Gabb, in his late journey througli Lower California, found this interesting animal 

 " on a mountain near the boundary, about 10,000 feet above the sea."— [See Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sc. Philad., lb(J8.] 



Note.— There has been no record of the occurrence of the Muskrat, (Fiber zibethicus. Linn. ) 

 in California, but skins are brought from Nevada, and 1 think I once saw one killed near the 

 coast. 



