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LXIII, Figs. 1-2.) Its measurements are: Total length, 713; tail vertebra?, 

 2-10; hind foot, 100 (95) ; skull, greatest length, 107; basal length, 99; basilar 

 length, 94; length of palate (median), 61; width of palate between middle of 

 carnassials, 18.6; length of palatine extension behind molars (to tip of ham- 

 iilar), 36; least width of palatine extension, 13.6; zygomatic breadth, 69; 

 least interorbital breadth, 33 ; breadth of braincase above roots of zygomata, 

 ■14.6 ; mastoid breadth, 54 ; mandible, 75 ; maxillary toothrow to front of 

 canine (alveoli), 38.6; crown of first upper molar, 7.8 x 8.8; mandibular tooth- 

 row to front of canine (alveoli), 45.3; crown of first lower molar, 9x6. 

 (Specimen nund)er 131,905.) 



Though undoubtedly introduced from the maiidand this animal is unlike 

 any raccoon with which I have been able to compare it. In general it resembles 

 Frnci/on pijgvui'iis ]\Icrriam (Plate LXIV, Figs. 1-3), but it is not as dimin- 

 utive; its teeth, particularly the posterior lower molar, are not as small, and its 

 color differs from that of the C^ozumol animal in the conspicuously whitish 

 muzzle, less gray occiput, and less dark gular area back of the whitish chin. 

 The audital bull* are much larger than in P. pi/gmceus Merriam, and their 

 outer ventral surface is nearly flat instead of deeply concave. The comparative 

 size of Procyon mai/nardi. from Nassau, P. pi/gma'us Merriam, from Cozumel, 

 and P. Jotor elucus Bangs, from Florida is shown by the photographs of 

 skulls reproduced on Plates LXII-LXIV. 



Mr. Maynard ■ gives the following account of his experience with this 

 animal : " As early as 1884, I was aware that there was a Raccoon on New Prov- 

 idence, and that year obtained a flat skin of the species; but it was not until 

 1897, that I succeeded in ol)taining an entire specimen. About June 1, of this 

 year, a living female Paccoon was brought to me by a man who had captured 

 her in the pine woods on the south shore of Xew Providence. The animal 

 had been injured on the head, having evidently been stunned by a blow, and 

 probably as a consequence of this blow did not eat anything for a week. After 

 this she slowly recovered and soon ate readily. She appeared uneasy in cap- 

 tivity and was always trying to climb to some elevated place, and at length 

 escaped. She was recaptured, however, by some one, and I recovered her in 

 about a week. On June 16, she appeared even more uneasy, but was rather less 

 wild, even permitting me to handle her. The next morning I found a single 

 young one with her in her box. This was a female entirely naked, with the 

 exception of a little fine hair on the back, which was of a reddish color. Al- 

 though of course of a different form, the little animal was about the size of a 



