CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 69 



No type designated among the four specimens listed by Baird. Be- 



1944 

 cause Baird gave a table of detailed measurements of ^-^, this specimen 



was made the lectotype by Lyon and Osgood, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 62: 225, 

 January 28, 1909. 



jChincha occidentalis major Howell, 



North Amer. Fauna 20 : 37, Aug. 31, 1901. 

 =Mcphitis mephitis major (Howell). See Hall, Univ. California Publ. Zool. 

 37 : 2, Apr. 10, 1931. 



92238. Skin and skull. Adult male. Fort Klamath, Klamath 

 County, Oreg. January 5, 1898. Collected by B. L. Cunning- 

 ham. Original number 80 (1188-X). 



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



f Chincha occidentalis notata Howell. 



North Amer. Fauna 20: 3G, Aug. 31, 1901. 

 =Mephitis mephitis notata (Howell). See Hall, Carnegie lust. Washington 

 Publ. 473 : 67, Nov. 20, 1936. 



87043. Skin and skull. Adult male. Trout Lake, Mount Adams, 

 Skamania County, Wash. March 22, 1897. Collected by P. 

 Schmid. Original number 243-X. 



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

 f Chincha platyrhina Howell. 



North Amer. Fauna 20 : 39, Aug. 31, 1901. 

 =Mephitis platyrhina (Howell). See J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 14 : 334, Nov. 12, 1901. 



_^^§i. Skin and skull. Adult male. South Fork of Kern River, 

 41351 



3 miles above Onyx, Kern County, Calif. July 5, 1891. Col- 

 lected by Vernon Bailey, Original number 2998. 



Well-made skin in good condition, except for two slight perforations in 

 middle of back ; skull Grade A. 



Genus MUSTELA Linnaeus 



*Putorius alleni Merriam. 



North Amer. Fauna 11 : 24, June 30, 1896. 

 =Mustela frenata alleni (Merriam). See Hall, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 

 473 : 106, Nov. 20, 1936. 



186451. Skin and skull. Adult male. Custer, Black Hills, Custer 

 County, S. Dak. July 12, 1888. Collected by Vernon Bailey. 

 Original number 90. Merriam collection number p— -• 

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

 *Putorius arcticus Merriam. 



North Amer. Fauna 11 : 1.5, June 30, 1S96. 

 —Mustela arctica arctica (Merriam). See Miller, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 79: 97, 

 Dec. 31, 1912. 



