44 MAMMALIA. 



Buchner Wiss. Result. Przewalski Reisen Rodentia, p. 40, pis. iii, iv, 

 figs. 11-14. 

 Arctomys baibacina, apud Severtzoff Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), xviii, p. 50 

 (1876). 



Distribution. — Hills north of Kabul (Anderson), Thian Shan 

 (Severtzoff) and the Juldus valley (Przewalski). 



a. ? Skull Afghanistan. Sir A. Burns, A.S.B. 



b-c. 2 Skulls juv. Kabul ? J. Anderson. 



Arctomys marmota. 



Mus marmota, LinncBus Syst. Nat., i2th ed., i, p. 81 (1766). 



Arctomys \-Qzrmo\.2i, Schreber Sdugetk., iv, p. ^22 {ijg2) ; Blasius Saugeth. 



Deiitsch., p. 280. 

 Marmota aipina, Blumenbach Handb, Naturges., I2th ed., p. 70 (1830). 



Distribution. — The higher regions of the Alps, Pyrennees and 

 Carpathians. 



a. Stuffed ..,,... Mrs. Turnbull (1867). 



Arctomys monax. 



Mus monax, LinncBus Syst. Nat., i2th ed., i, p. 81 (1766). 



Arctomys monax, Schreber Saugeth., iv, p. 737 (1792) ; Allen Monographs 



N. Amer. Rodents, p. gii. 

 Arctomys empetra, Sabine Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 584 (1822). 



Distribution. — North America from Hudson's Bay to the Caro- 

 linas and from the Atlantic to Minnesota. 



O'b. 2 Skins Ontario, Canada J. H Garnier [Ex.] 



c. Skin, skull ? W. Rutledge. 



Genus CASTOR. 



Castor, LinncBus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 78 (1766), 



Castor fiber. 



Castor fiber, Linnesus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. y8 (ij66) ; Allen Mono- 

 graphs N. Amer. Rodents, p. 433. 



Castor canadensis, R'uhl Beitr. Zool.,p. 64 (1820). 



Castor americanus, Richardson Back's Arctic Exped., p. 494 (1836)*. 



Castor europseus, Owen Brit. Foss, Mamm., p. igo (1846) ; Blyth Cat,, 

 no. 404, p. 123. 



The Beaver. 



Distribution. — Europe, Siberia and North America, though now 

 extinct in the greater part of Europe and also in the Eastern States 

 of North America, 



a. Stuffed Norway. Christiania University 



(1844), A. S. B. 



