94 U S, p. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — 47Tn PARALLEL. 



MEPHITIS MEPHITICA. 



Skunk. 



Mephitis mephitictt , Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 195. 



Viverra mephitica, Shaw, Museum Leverianum. 1792, 172 -, plate. — Ib. Gen. Zoo\. 1, 1800, 390. 



JVephitis chinga, Tiedemann, Zool. I, 1808, 362. (In part.) 



AuD. &. Bach. N. A. Quad. I, 1849, 317 ; pi. xlii. 

 Sp. Ch. — Soles naked, e.\cept on the posterior third. Tail vertebrae half the lenpthof head and body, with hairs considerably 

 1 ess. Color black ; a narrow frontal line, a broad triangular nuchal patch, continuous with a narrow line on either side of the 

 back nearly to the tail, and a tuft at the end of the tail, white. The dorsal stripes sometimes broader ; sometimes wanting, as 

 also the nuchal patch. 



Bois de Sioux. (3.) 



MEPHITIS OCCIDENTALIS, Baird, 



California Skunk. 



Mephitis occidentalis, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1837, 194. 



'Mephitis mesomelas, Sr. Hilaire, Voy. de la Venus, Zoologie, I, 1855, 133 ; plate. 

 Sp. Ch. — Size of a cat. Tail vertebra; two-thirds the length of head and body. Bony palate with small narrow emarginatioD 

 in the middle of its posterior edge. Color black, with a white nuchal patch, bifurcating behind and reaching to tho tail, whic 

 i s entirely black. 



Fort Steilacoom. 



TAXIDEA AMERICANA. 



American Badger. 



Ursus taxus, Schreber, Saugt III, 1778, 520, fig. 142, B. (From Buft'on.) 

 Meles taxus, var. iS americanus, Boddaert, Elenchus Anim I, 1784, 136. 

 Melesamericanus, (" Bodd.") Zimmermann, Pennant's Arktische Zoologie I, 1787, 74. 

 Taxidea umericana, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 202. 

 Melea Labradoria, Meyer, Zool. Archv. II, 1796, 45. 



Aid. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I. 1849, 360 ; pl. xlvii. 



Sr. Ch.— Head grizzled gray, black on the end of snout, and along the eyes. A median white line from near the nose to the 

 nape. Legs and a crescentic patch before the ears black. Cheeks and under parts generally white. 



Three specimens were collected on the Upper Missouri. 



PROCYON HERNANDEZII, Wagler. 



Ulack-footed Raccoon. 



Proeyon hemandezii, Wagler, Isis, XXIV, 1831, 514. 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 212. 



Sr. Ch. — Larger than P. lotor. General color grayish white, with a tinge of yellowish ; long hairs tipped with black. Under 

 fur dark brown. A largo oblique black patch on the side of the face continuous with a paler one under the chin. Sides and 

 under part of the muzzle, posterior margin of the cheek patch, and the ear, whitish. Tail tapering to tip, with five or six annuli 

 and the tip black ; the annuli half as wide only as the rusty whitish interspaces. Hiad feet exceeding four inches ; the upper 

 surface mostly dark brown. Naked part of the soles three inches. 



Varies in lighter colors and substitution of rusty brown or chestnut for the black tints. 



Fort Steilacoom; two specimens. No. 4, killed January 26. 



URSUS AMERICANUS. 



Black Bear. 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 225. 



One skull collected at Steilacoom. 



