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los Frijoles we encountered the first one where we first found firs, 

 about 2 miles above the house of Judge Abbott, but he says it occa 

 sionally is seen downstream as far as his ranch. Allen l has described 

 a subspecies (Sciurus fremonti neomexicanus) from the eastern slopes 

 of the Taos Mountains in Coif ax and Moro Counties, &quot;very different 

 from specimens from central and northern Colorado,&quot; but he records 

 a specimen from Chama, which he refers to fremonti. Our specimens 

 from the Jemez Mountains, collected in August, 1910, were found to 

 be slightly redder than specimens taken in northwestern Colorado 

 in August, 1909, but possibly the latter had faded a trifle. Though 

 smaller than some others, this is the best food squirrel in the region. 



Po tse e . 



Lutra canadensis (Schreber). Canadian Otter. 



Po tse e . 



Lutra canadensis sonora Rhoads. Sonoran Otter. 

 Mr. Dowell, who has trapped extensively in the region, says the 

 otter occurs along the Rio Grande near by. The Indians confirm 

 this, and fragments of otter skin are worn by them. Without speci 

 mens for identification we can not know which form it is. 



Je-. 



? Mustela arizonensis Mearns. Mountain Weasel. 



Weasels are reported at San Ildefonso by the Indians, but we have 

 no specimens for identification. Coues and Yarrow 2 reported Puto- 

 rius longicauda Merriam at Taos, but this region seems more likely 

 to be within the range of arizonensis, much more recently described. 

 Mustela streatori leptus Merriam may also extend into northern New 

 Mexico. 



Hodge gives Dye-tdoa as &quot; Gopher&quot; clans of San Juan, Santa Clara, 

 San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, and Ye-tdoa as &quot;Lizard &quot; clans of San 

 Juan and San Ildefonso. 

 1 



Lutreola vison energumenos Bangs. Western Mink. 

 Mr. Dowell says mink occur along the Rio Grande near El Rito de 

 los Frijoles. 



Maries caurina origenes (Rhoads). Rocky Mountain Marten. 



Hodge states that Bandelier gives a &quot;Marten&quot; clan as existing at 

 San Juan pueblo. 



Coues and Yarrow 3 recorded Mustela americana Turton from Taos. 

 That is a species of the north. It is likely the more recently described 

 southern form. 



1 Allen, J. A., Revision of the Chickarees, or North American Red Squirrels (Suhgenus Tamiasciurus), 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., x, pp. 291-94, 1898. 



2 Coues, Elliott, and Yarrow, H. C., op. cit., p. 59. 

 *Ibid.,p.61. 



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