BAS3ARI8CI.TS BASSARICYON FRSUS. '229 



upper i)n'in()lar, leftside; all the lower incisovH and the last Inwcr luohir, rij^lit 

 .side. All the hones of the skeleton are appan-iitly prest-nt except thi' limu'H 

 frnin the forearm distally and from the iej; distally. 



Type indirectly de^^iJrnated by nnnd)er, and the eollar mark and uriirinal label 

 leave no doubt as t<> the specimen Baird had in mind. 



Bassariscus saxicola M(>iiiam. Hiologicul Siirxcv collcH'tioii, 



I'roc. Biol. 8oc. Wash., XI, pp. ISr.-l.Sfi, July 1, 1.S97. 

 TUOol. Skill iuul skull. Adult t'oiiiiile. Espiritu Sunto l.shind. Lower 

 California, :\l('.\ico. August !!•, 1895. Collcc-ted l>y J. E. McLol- 

 lan. Original miiuher 1438. 



Well-made skin in yood condition; skull perfect. 



Genus BASSARICYON. 



Bassaricyon gabbii Allen. 



Tree. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1876, p. 2:^, pi. 1, fig. 1, April 18, 1876; Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1877, i>i). 267, 268, and i)l. 2 of what was snpjto.sed to be the 

 entire animal, hut what in reality is an iilu.«tration of Xasiia uariri. 



14214. Skull. Adult. Talamanca. Co.sta Rica. Collected hy Prof. 

 W. M. Gabb. Original number 44. Catjilogued November 1!», 

 1S74. 



.\ U-siiaped piece is lacking from the basioccipital, and there is a largo hole in 

 the basisphenold between the ])terygoids. The following teeth are jiresent in 

 the upper jaw: The last thr»'e ti-eth on the right side, the last tooth and the sec- 

 ond from the last and the third from the last on the left side. The following 

 teeth are massing in the lower jaw: In the h-ft side the last molar, the third 

 premolar, and the third inci.sor; on the right side the second inci.sor. 



According to tiie catalogue there should l)e a skin liearing No. 12237. It has 

 never been found in tlie ]\Iuseum collection. In a letter dated May 12, 1908, 

 Dr. .1. A. Allen remarks: "In reference to the type of Bassarirnoii galilni, 1 never 

 saw a skin belonging to the type skull. Through some error in cataloguing a 

 skin of X<iim<i imricd purported to belong to the skull, and I figured it as such, 

 being at that time unfamiliar with the species of Nasuo. Careful search was 

 made for the missing skin after the error was discovertd, but I am sure it was 

 never found. My knowledge of the external characters of BiisKariri/nii is based 

 on a living sjiecimen of Tl. (illr)ii \\]\\rh I saw some years ago in the London Zoo." 



Type designated liy number on page 20 of the original ilescriplion. 



Kaniii.v I'KSID.E. 

 Genus URSUS. 



Ursus horribilis alascensis Merriaiii. Coty])es. liiol. Survey <(»I1. 

 I'roc. I'.iol. Soc. Wash., X, p. 74, Aj.ril 1.!, 18116. 



In the de.scrii)(ion of thi.s .•^ub.specie.s no type wa.s designated. In 

 the collection are ♦'» skulls from Norton Sound, iVIaska, w liicli Dr. 

 C. Hart Merriam had at the time the original description was 

 written. Three of them wej-e l(>ft mdabeled and one of these des- 

 ignated by No. 7<>4T<> is mentioned as not typical. The 3 I'emain- 



