130 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XXXI, 



57. Canis peninsula Merriam. Lower California Coyote. 

 Two males, 1 female, San Bartolome Bay, March 14. 



58. Canis jamesi sp. now Tiburon Island Wolf. 

 Plate IX. 



Much paler than C. mearnsi, and nearer C. estor, the desert coyote, but of a 

 richer color and a little more buff; ears long, skull large, nearly equalling that of 

 the type of estor; teeth larger and heavier than in either mearnsi or estor — about 

 equalling those of testes; bulla? rather flattened, closely resembling those of C. lestes. 



Type No. 31987, male, Tiburon Island, April 13. 



Measurements of the type: total length, 1143; tail vertebrae, 330; hind 

 foot, 330; ear from crown, 118. 



Named for Mr. Arthur Curtiss James of New York, through whose 

 generosity the Museum was enabled to cooperate in the expedition of the 

 ' Albatross ' to the Gulf of California. 



Felid.e. Cats. 

 59. Lynx ruffus californicus Mcarns. California Lynx. 

 Male, Miraflores, May 21. 



