CONEPATUS TAXIDKA rKUCYON. 227 



Conepatus tropicalis Meniaiii. Bioloj^ical Survey c-ollcction. 



Proc. Biol. Sdc. Wash., XV, pp. l(54-l(>o, AufjnPt 6, 1902. 

 68650. Skin and skull. ]M!ilo(0 adult. Motzoroiioo, Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. Fel.ruary 26. 1S94. Collected by K. W. Nelson and 



E. A. (toldnian. OriLi'iiial nuinhcr HitltH. 



\Vfll-iiia(K' skin in m)o<l fonditioii; skull jx'rfcct, except for ah.seiic*' of sccoikI 

 loft lower premolar and two lower int-isors. 



Genus TAXIDEA. 



Taxidea berlandieri Baird. 



Maiiiinal.s of North Anierica, p. 20"), l,So7. 

 =Taxidea taxus berlandieri ( Hainl). See Allen, IJnll. AnuM-. Mns. Nat Hist.,\'ll, 

 p. 256, June 29, 189n. 



1710. Skin (no skull). Male. Llano Kstacado, Texas. May 8, 1855. 

 Received from Capt. J. Pope, U. 8. A. Catalogiu^d in 1856. 



Formerly mounted. ^lade into a fairly good study skin in February, 1902. 

 Haird's description is based u]ion one specimen, the above, designated by 

 number. 



Taxidea americana neglecta Mcains. 



i'.uli. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ill, p. 2o0, June 5, 1S91. 

 = Taxidea taxus neglecta (Mearns). See Miller and Rehn, I'nu;. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., XXX, p. 2bS, December 27, 1901. 



ItII. Skin and skull. Adult male. Fort Crook. Shasta County. 

 California. March 25, 1859. Collected by John Feilner. Orio-inal 

 niunbcr 818. Catalogued in 1860. 



Well-made skin in good condition (skin remade in January, 1902). Skull 

 nearly perfect, a rather large hole in right bulla; three left upper incisors, lirst 

 right upper incisor, au<l last right lower molar lost. 



Fannly PKOCYC )Mi).F. 



Genus PROCYON. 



Procyon lotor insularis Mciriani. IViolooJcai Survey collection, 



i'roc. P>iol. Soe. Wash., Xil, p. 17, Jamiary 27, 1898. 

 88978. Skin and skull. Old male. Maria Madre Island, Tres Marias 

 Islands, M(>.\ico. May Kt. 1897. Collected by F. W. Nelson and 



F. A. (Toldman. Oiioinal number 10985. 

 Well-maile skin in good condition; skull jierfect. 



Procyon psora pacifica Mcrriaiii. liiolooical Survc\ collection. 



North Amer. Fauna, No. Ki, p. 107, October 2S, lS9'.t. 



9Hi;^)7. Skin and skull. Adult. Kichelos Lake, W'ashinoton. dan- 



uaiy 15, 1898. Collected by C. Hansen. Original nund)er llO'.tx. 



Well-made skin in good condition; skull perfect, except ft)r slight fracture of 



right nasal and perforation in right audita! bulla. 



