102 NEOTOMA. 



should be a skin. No. oa-i. but it can not be found.. Catalogued 

 March 10, 1855. 



The skull lacks all four occipital bones, and the periotics and tympanies of 

 each side; otherwise it is in good condition. 



Type not designated by number, but by referring to Baird's IVIammals of 

 North America, 1857, page 493, it is seen that the rrieasurements given in the 

 original description apply to No. 554 only, with corresponding skull number 

 1676, which consequently is considered the type. 



Neotoma montezumae Goldman. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVIII, p. 29, February 2, 1905. 

 S1426. Skin and skull. Adult male. Zimapan, Hidaloo, Mexico. 

 October 17, 189(). Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. Gold- 

 man. Original number 10275. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; right hind foot attached to body with 

 wire ; distal half of tail missing ; skull perfect. 



Neotoma navus Merriam. Biological Surve}' collection. 



Proc. IJiol. Soc. Wash., XVI, pp. 47-48, March 19, 1903. 

 113895. Skin and skull. Adult female. Sierra Guadalupe, Coahuila, 

 Mexico. April 2»;, 1902. Collected by E. W. Nelson and E. A. 

 Goldman. Original number 15130. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect, except for absence of right 

 coronoid ])rocess. 



Neotoma nelsoni Goldman. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. \Vash., XVIII, pp. 29-30, February 2, 1905. 

 54320. Skin and skull. Adult feuiale. Perote, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 June 3, 1S!»3. Collected by E. W. Nelson. Original number 4935. 

 Well-made skin in good conditinn; sknil perfect. 



Neotoma nudicauda Goldman. Biological Survey collection. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wa.sh., XVIII, pp. 28-29, February 2, 1905. 

 79073. Skin and skull. Young adult female. Carmen Island, Lower 

 California, Mexico. Octo])er 14, 1S95. Collected by J. E. Mc- 

 Lellan. Original number 1517. 



Well-ma<le skin in good condition; skull with vault of cranium mostly broken 

 away; right audital bulla broken; right frontal with an irregular incision; right 

 mandiliular ramus lacking angular process; left ramus lacking coronoid and 

 condyle. 



Neotoma occidentalis Baird. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., VIT, p. 335, this paper was favorably reported for publica- 

 tion April 24, 1855. 

 =Neotoma cinerea occidentalis ( Baird ) . See Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 5, 

 July 30, 1891. 



572. Skin, formerly mounted; no record of a skull. Adult male. 

 Shoal water Bay, Pacific County, Washington. 1854, probably .1 une. 



