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Type locality. — Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washing- 

 ton. Altitude, 8000 feet. 



Genus BASSARISCUS Coues. 



1887. JSassariscus Coues, Science, ix, p. 516. May 27, 1887. 

 Type. — By elimination, £assaris astuta Lichtenstein. 



"^ Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein). 



18,31. Bassaris astuta Lichtenstein, Isis, xxiv, p. 513. 

 1885. Bassaris astuta True, Proc. U, S. nat. mus., vii (1884), 



p. 608. 1885. 

 1887. JBassariscus astutus Coues, Science, ix, p. 516. May 



27, 1887. 

 Type locality. — Southern Mexico. 



Bassariscus astutus flavus Rhoads. 



1894. Bassariscus astutus flavus Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 



sci. Phila., 1893, p. 417. January 30, 1894. 

 Type locality. — Texas, exact locality unknown. 



Bassariscus astutus oregonus ( Rhoads) . 



1894. JJassan'scus flavus ore(/o/ms Rhoads, Proc. acad. nat. 



sci. Phila., 1893, p. 416. .January 30, 1894. 

 Type locality. — Grant's Pass, Josephine County, Oregon. 

 According to Merriam (Proc. biol. soc. Waishington, xi, pp. 186- 

 187, July 1, 1897) this should stand as Bassariscus raptor. (Bas- 

 saris raptor Baird, Marara. Mexican boundary, j). 19, 1859. Type 

 caught in the city of Washington, D. C, where it had evidently 

 escaped from captivity.) 



Bassariscus saxicola Merriam. 



1897. Bassariscus saxicola Merriam, Proc. biol. soc. Wash- 

 ington, XI, p. 185. July 1, 1897. 



Type locality. — Espiritu Santo Island, Lower California, 

 Mexico. 



