ADDENDA. 30^ 



Inhabit the woody plains of Columbia, more 

 abundant in the neighbourhood of the Great Falls 

 and Rapids of the Columbia than on the sea 

 coast. 



Captain Lewis offered considerable rewards to 



the Indians, but was never able to procure one of 



these animals alive. 



Genus, 

 Meles ? 



Species, 



I. Meles jeffersonii, (Nobis.) 

 Braro, of the French hunters, Lewis arid 

 Clark's Exped. up the Missouri, vol. ii. p. 177. 

 Badger of Columbia. 



Char. Essent. Body proportionably long, fore 

 legs large, muscular, formed like those of the turn- 

 spit-dog; all the legs short; breast and shoulders 

 broad ; neck short ; mouth wide ; whiskers placed 

 in four points on each side of the nose. 



Dimensions. Body long in proportion to its 

 thickness ; tail four inches long; the whole animal 

 weighing from fourteen to eighteen pounds. 



Description. The fore legs are remarkably 

 large, short, and muscular; neck short; mouth 

 wide, and furnished with straight teeth, both 

 above and below, with four sharp, straight, point- 

 ed tusks, two in the upper and two in the lower 

 jaw; the eyes are black and small; whiskers 

 placed in four points on each side near the nose, 

 and on the jaws near the opening of the mouth ; 



