12 BULLETIN" 17 8, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



fOvis mexicana Merriam. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 30, Apr. 5, 190L 

 99342. Skin and skull. Adult male. Lake Santa Maria, Chi- 

 huahua, Mexico. September 16, 1899. Collected by E. W. Nelson 

 and E. A. Goldman. Original number 13974. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Ovis montana dalli Nelson. Cotypes. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 7 : 12, June 3, 1884. 

 = Ovis dalli dalli Nelson. See J. A, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 9:112, 

 Apr. 8, 1897. 



In the original description. Nelson says : "The types of the new race are 

 two specimens brought me by Mr. L. N. McQuesten, a fur-trader living 

 at Fort Reliance, on the Upper Yukon River, near the point where it 

 crosses the British boundary line. These specimens were killed by the 

 Indians on some mountains south of Fort Yukon, and on the west bank 

 of the river." They were taken in the winter of 187&-80. Cotypes not 

 designated by number in the original description. 



20^. Skin and lower jaws. Adult female. Original number ~^' 



Skin in fair condition ; lower jaws Grade A. Incisiform teeth have been 

 removed for safe preservation. 



2fffgQ' Skin and skull. Adult male. Original number -5^' 



Skin in fair condition; skull Grade A; slight injury about foramen 

 magnum. Incisiform teeth have been removed for safe preservation. 



Both specimens were mounted by Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment, of Rochester, N. Y., and were on exhibition for many years. In 

 April 1902 they were made into study skins. Each was then found to eon- 

 tiin a wooden skull to which horns were fastened. These wooden skulls 

 with the attached horns are still in the skins. The horns fastened to the 

 wooden skull of the male skin are slightly larger than those that fit the 

 horn cores of the actual skull of the same specimen. This skull was lost 

 for many years, but it was found in the collection January 12, 1905, by 

 Walter L. Hahn and was recognized as a long-lost cotype. 



f Ovis nelsoni Merriam. 



Proc. Biol. See. Washington 11 : 218, July 15, 1897. 

 =Ovis canadensis nelsoni Merriam. See Grinnell, Univ. California PubL 

 Zool. 40 (2) : 210, Sept. 26, 1933. 



" . Skin and skull. Adult female. Grapevine Mountains, near 

 lat. 37° N., California-Nevada boundary line. June 4, 1891. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson. Original number 942. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skuU Grade A. 



*Nemorhoedus palmeri Cragin. 



Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 11 : 611, pi. 57, Oct. 31, 1900. 

 = Ovis canadensis canadensis (Shaw). See Miller, Smithsonian Misc. ColL 

 82 (14) : 1, Dec. 22, 1930. 



