3 1 6 Field Columbian Museum — Zoology, Vol. TIT. 



3 Specimens, from the Inyo Mountains. 



A very pale form of U. cinereo-argenteus , allied to U. c. cali- 

 fornicus, but with only a slight amount of black on the back, 

 like ( r -. catalincB, but very much paler than that species in all 

 its coloration. 



FAM. PROCVONID/E. 

 PROCYON. 



Procyon lotor hernandezi. 



Procyon 1. hernandezi Wagl. Isis, 183 1, p. 514. 



2 Specimens: 1 Palm Springs, 1 Oro Grande. 



"At the east base of the San Jacinto Range this species is 

 common on the edge of the desert in the vicinity of Palm Springs. 

 On the Mohave River tracks were seen as far down as Daggett. 

 The absence of the raccoon in Owens Valley is inexplicable." 



FAM. MUSTELID/E. 



TAXIDEA. 



Taxidea taxus. 



Taxidea taxus Schreib. Saugeth., in, 1778, p. 520. 



1 Specimen, from Antelope Valley near Neenach. 



"Near Wild Rose Spring in the Panamint Range, badger 

 tunnels were not rare among the colonies of Perodipus, but the 

 Indians and miners report them as rare. Thev are occasionally 

 taken on the desert near Morongo Valley. In Antelope Valley 

 they are said to be rare." 



MEPHITIS. 



Mephitis platyrhina. 



Chincha platyrhina Howell, N. A. Faun., No. 20, 1901, p. 39.- 



1 Specimen, from Lone Pine. 



A single example was taken near the eastern base of the 

 Sierras. "It occurs along the streams entering Owens Valley 

 from the west and also along Owens River." 



Mephitis occidentalis holzneri. 



Mephistis o. holzneri Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xx, 1897, 

 p. 461. 



3 Specimens, from Oro Grande. 



I refer these examples to this species. The animals were 

 very abundant at Oro Grande, especially along the Mohave 

 River. This, I believe, is the first desert record for this species, 



