'J2S I'Kot'YoN NASUA BASSAKISCTS. 



Procyon pallidus Mi'iiiaiii. Biological Surxcy colloction. 



I'n.c. I'.iol. Soc. Wasli., XIII, pp. 151-1.V_', Jmif VA, H»00. 

 '.•'••l'T'J. Skill and skull. Atlnlt foinaK'. Now River, C'oluiado Desert, 

 ( alifoniia. Oetoher 10, 1S!>1». Collected hy F. Stephens. Oijo-i- 

 iiul niiinher H022 ('ilMCx). 



Wi'll-iiiinlc skill iiif^fiofl (•(iinlitiuii. Skull pfrl't'cl, excejit lof absciici' oi .srcdml 

 left upper incisor ami last ri^ht upi)er molar; rij^ht audital bulla ))rok('ii. 



Procyon pygmseus Mt'iTiain. Bioloj^i<-al Suixcy collection. 



I'roc. Hiol. Soc. Wash.. XIV, p. 101, .luly 111, 1901. 

 li»S.)ll. Skill and skull. Youno- adult male. Cozuinel Island. 'Yuca- 

 tan, Me.xico. April 14, l!»()l. Colleeted. hy E. W. Nelson and 

 K. A. (loldnian. Orioinai nuuihei' 14(>9S. 

 Wcll-nuulf skin iu <.'oo<l conililioii; skull perfect. 



Genus NASUA. 



Nasua narica molaris Merriani. Uiolooical Survey collection. 



IVoe. Hiol. Sor. Wash., XV, p. 6S, :\lareh TJ. 1901'. 

 illss' '^kin and skull. Adult male. Manzanillo, ('olinia. Me.xico. 

 Februai-y T. ISlti!. (V)lleeted by E. W. Nelson. Orioinai numlier 

 1S44. 



Wt'll-mailc skill in ^ood eoinlitioii; skull perfect, except lor ai>seiice of secoinl 

 liiTht ami left upper |>rcmolars and three upper and four lower im-isors. 



Nasua nelsoni Merriam. Biolooical SniNcy collection. 



I'roc. P.iol. Soc. "Wash., XIV, p. 100, .Inly l!t, 1!)01. 

 10852(1. Skin and skidl. Old male. Cozuniel Island, ^'iicatan, 

 Me.xico. April S, llKtl. Collected liy E. \V. Nelson and E. A. 

 (roldman. Original number 14B73. 



Well-made skin in fjood condition; skull i)erfect, exce])t for liroken ri^dit amlital 

 hulla and jx-rfuration in i^alate. 



Genus BASSARISCUS. 



Bassaris raptor Baird, 



Report Mexican Boundary Survey, 11, I't. 2, [i. lit, .January, 1S;V.I. 

 ^Bassariscus raptor (Baird). See Merriani, Proe. Biol. Soc. Wa.'sh.. .\1. ]i. 1st), 

 July 1, 1S07. 



^Vfi- Skin, skidl, and nearly all of the skeleton except the usual lei,^ 

 bones left in the skin. Killed in a hen roost near Washinoton, 

 I). C., .\pril 2o, 1852, It was su[)posed to have been brouoht from 

 California and kept in captivity, whence it escaped. A collar mark 

 shows plaitdy aroinid the neck. Catalooiied April 2<), 1S52. 



specimen has been made into a modern study skin and is in fair condition, 

 althoiijrh the hair lias a dirty yellow color, looking as though at one time ])re- 

 served in alcohol. The skull is in fair condition. It is .somewhat cracked p<is- 

 teriorly, the left malar is wanting, and the following teeth are missing: Third 



