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Indians of Washington and British Columbia call the white antelope 

 Hohhsolken, The meaning of this name is unknown to me. The name 

 Kwhait-lii, given this species by the Comox Indians of Vancouver Island, 

 signifies "very white," while Mullukhtlaw, as it is called by those of 

 Seymour Narrows, means " white beast." 



As the local names are all misleading, for the reason that the animal is 

 neither a sheep nor a goat, nor an ibex, it is a pity that some one of those 

 employed in the books could not come into general use, for two or three 

 of them are very striking and characteristic. Schreber's name, " wool 

 antelope," is one of these, so is " white antelope," " mountain antelope," 

 and others. Brehm calls it " snow goat," " white goat," and " mountain 

 goat." 



In the synonomy set down below I cannot hope to have given all the 

 references to this remarkable animal. My opportunities for consulting any 

 satisfactory zoological library have been very limited, confined in fact to a 

 very few hours spent in Washington libraries during two brief visits within 

 the last year, and while I have turned over many books in my efforts to get 

 all the references possible, yet I have been wholly unable to go into the 

 bibliography of this species with that thoroughness which the subject 

 deserves. I am especially conscious that I have failed to record any 

 considerable part of the references to this antelope which are scattered 

 through the fugitive literature of sport. If those who see this paper and 

 who notice these omissions will kindly call my attention to them, I shall be 

 greatly indebted, and such references will be supplied if this and the 

 succeeding papers on this subject should appear worthy later to be 

 published in more permanent form. 



I wish here to express my indebtedness to Dr. C. Hart Merriam, the 

 accomplished chief of the Bureau of Economic Ornithology of the 

 Department of Agriculture, who has kindly looked over my synonymy, and 

 has verified a number of references which I have been unable to see 

 myself. 



SYNONYMY OF MAZAMA MONTANA. 



Ovis montana, Ord, Guthrie's Geography (2d Am. ed.) II., 1815, pp. 292 and 

 309. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., I., i, 1817, pp. 8-12. Journ. de 

 Phys., Ixxxv., 1817, p. 333. Tilloch's Phil. Mag., lii, 1818, pp. 8-u, 

 fig. of horn. 



Antilope (Rupicapra} americana, Blainville, Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom., 1816, 

 pp. 73 and 80. 



Mazama sericea and dorsata, Raf. Am. Monthly Mag., II., 1817, p. 44. 



Rupicapra americana, Ord, Journ. de Phys., Ixxxvii., pp. 146-155, Paris, 

 1818. 



Antilope americana, Desmarest Mamm., II., 1822, p. 478. 



