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It is unfortunate that the name calif ornicus was based on a 

 type from the San Jacinto region (Mearns, 1897, p. 459). Said 

 type is very likely not to have represented the best manifestation 

 of the subspecies inhabiting the San Diegan faunal area. In 

 other words the type was probably not typical of the race to 

 which the name calif ornicus is held to apply. Such a circum- 

 stance is common in the early history of the systematic mam- 

 malogy of any country. 



Procyon psora psora Gray 



California Coon 



No specimens were procured; but fresh footprints were seen 

 along the creek in Strawberry Valley, 6000 feet, July 9; and we 

 were assured of the occurrence of coons around Hemet Lake, 

 4400 feet. Both these localities are on the Pacific drainage. 



[Ursus horribilis calif ornicus Merriam 



California Grizzly 



It is many years since bears have been seen in these moun- 

 tains. The California grizzly was formerly abundant, so much 

 so as to be a constant menace to the cattle belonging to the first 

 settlers in the mountain valleys, and the bears were consequent ly 

 shot, trapped, and poisoned upon every occasion, to their ex- 

 tinction, which took place in this range about 1890. A few old 

 log bear traps may still be seen in the brushy hills bordering 

 Thomas and Coahuila valleys. 



The above statement is made chiefly upon the authority of 

 II. E. Wilder] 



Mephitis occidentalis holzneri Mearns 



Southern California Striped Skunk 



Fifteen specimens of this skunk were trapped, and preserved 

 either as skins with skulls or skulls only. The localities and 

 Museum numbers are as follows : Thomas Mountain, 6800 feet, 

 one (no. 2323) ; Hemet Lake, 4400 feet, two (nos. 2321, 2322) ; 

 Strawberry Valley, 6000 feet, two (nos. 2249, 2250); Schain's 

 Ranch, 4900 feet, five (nos. 1623. 8864-8867); Cabezon, 1700 



