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9228S. Skill ninl skull. Adult lualc Fort Klauiath, Orcoon. rlau- 

 luirv 5, 185KS. CoUoi'trd bv H. L. Cuiiiniiirhain. Original nuuihcr 



!S(>(llS8x). 



Wtll-iu:iclt' skin ill jroDil (I'liitlit ion; si<nll iicrfect, except fnrslijxlitly hrokeii left 

 /,y<r()ina. 



Mephitis milleri Mearn.s. 



I'reiiiiiinarv Diagnoses of New .Maiiiiuals of tiie (ieiieia Mepliitis, ])oieelai>lius, 

 and Dyeotyles from the Mexican Border of the United States, |>. 1, February 1 1, 

 1897. (Reprinted in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX, No. 1129, p. 407, December 

 24, 1897.") 

 = Mephitis macroura milleri (Mearns). See Allen, Bidl. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XIV, p. :'.::4, November 12, 1901. 



5S851. Skin aiul .skull. Adult male. Fort Lowell, near 'I'ucsoii, 

 Arizona. November 18, 1898. Colleeted by F. X. llolzner. 

 Original numl)er 1109. International Boundary Connnission. Cat- 

 aloirued Deeember 18, 1898. 



Well-made skin in <j;()od condition; skull perfect. 



Chincha occidentalis notata Howell. Biological Survey eoUeetion. 

 North .\mer. Fauna, No. 20, ]>[>. 36-37, pi. 3, fig. 2, August 31, 1901. 

 = Mephitis occidentalis notata (Howell). See Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Ilist., 

 XIV, p. .334, November 12, 1901. 



87048. Skin and skull. Adult male." Trout Lake, Mount Adams, 

 ^Vashington. March 22. 1897. Collected by P. Schmid. Original 

 number 248x. 



Well-niade skin in good condition; skull perfect, except for broken left mastoid 

 bulla. 



Mephitis occidentalis iiaird. 



Mammals of North America, p. 194, 1857. 



2t517. Skull, Adult, probably male. Petaluma, California. Col- 

 lected by E. Samuels. Original number 887. Catalogued Decem- 

 ber 10, 1850. 



Skull perfect except for loss of 15 nun. of right zygoma. There used to be a 

 skin. No. 1944, nrarked in the catalogue "Destroyecl Jan. 8, 1886." 



Nr» type designated. A tabli' of detailed measurements is given of \'^l^, and 

 this one shoulil be regarded as the type. Four si)eciniens are li-sted: 2031, skull 

 from Santa Clara, California; 2434, skull; \',',ly, the above skin and skull both 

 from Petaluma, and a fourth specimen, skin without number, from Steilacoom, 

 Washington. Baird's brief diagnosis is based upon both cranial and skin char- 

 acters, so that again preference must be given to l^,}^, the only skin with skull 

 which he had. 



Petaluma is regarded as the type locality by .Miller and Kehn (Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Mist., XXX, \k 214, December, 1901), and by Howell (North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 20, p. 34, August 31, 1901). 



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