A.TJTHOR'S EDITION. 



DEPAETMENT OF THE INTEKIOK. 



UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. 



F. V. HAYDEN, U. S. Geologist-in-Charge. 



ON THE 



COATIS 



(GENUS NASUA, STOHR) 



BY 



J. A. ALLEN. 



EXTRACTED FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE SURVEY, VOL. V, No. 2. 



WASHINGTON, September 6, 1879. 



