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been able to determine in a fairly satisfactory manner, thirteen of 

 my examples, five belonging, as I believe, to the present species. 

 The specimen of C. meamsi sent from Washington was procured at 

 Colonia Garcia, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and is by no means so 

 highly colored as are those from Lower California, and the latter 

 are darker on the back with the black of the dorsal region, in the 

 majority of the specimens, extending to the occiput, and exhibiting 

 a sufficient difference probably for those fond of fine distinctions 

 to constitute a separate race. This wolf, in its rich coloring, is 

 deserving of the praise Dr. Merriam gives it as the " handsomest of 

 the coyotes." This species was abundant throughout the Alamo 

 plain and in the mountains of Hanson Laguna. 



Canis estor. 



Canis estor. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. 31. Elliot, 

 Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 302. 



8 Specimens: 2 Canon Esperanza, San Pedro Martir Mountains; 

 4 San Felipe, Gulf of California; 2 San Quentin, Pacific coast. 



All of these, with the exception of the San Quentin specimens, 

 agree fairly well with the Washington example of C. estor, taken in 

 Death Valley, California. The San Quentin skins are more darkly 

 colored and have a greater amount of black on the upper parts, and 

 the skulls are larger generally, but no doubt these are but individual 

 variations, for it is probable these coyotes of the lowlands and the 

 desert pass by way of the canons in the San Pedro Martir Moun- 

 tains from the east to the west coast, and vice versa. They were 

 numerous in the various localities visited by Mr. Heller, and were 

 very troublesome, stealing animals from the traps and otherwise 

 interfering with the collecting, and to protect himself from loss of 

 specimens Mr. Heller was obliged to try and catch the wolves first, 

 and then turn his attention to the smaller mammals. 



Canis clepticus, * Sp. nov. 



4 Specimens : 1 Agua Escondido, 1 Santa Rosa, 1 Santa Eulalia, 

 1 Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains. 



Type locality. Vallecitos, San Pedro Martir Mountains, 9,000 feet 

 elevation. 



Genl. Char. Summer pelage above reddish, size small. Skull 

 short, broad, brain case and across post-orbital processes wide, the 

 latter long; nasals rather short, narrow; rostrum narrow; pterygoid 

 fossa broad, long; outline of bullae on basioccipital not approach- 



* xXstztcxoi;— thievish. 



