45 Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XX, 



first pelage; it is nearly uniform black, with the tips of the 

 hairs subapically ringed narrowly with gray. 



43. Felis eyra Desmarest. One specimen, adult female, 

 Masinga, March 14. Collector's measurements, total length, 

 916; tail vertebrae, 432. Skull, 95 x 60. 



"GATO PARDO. This brown, slender cat is quite common 

 near Bonda and along the coast, and ranges upward to at 

 least 4000 feet. It seems to be mainly terrestrial. The only 

 living one I have seen was standing on a rock, and it fled 

 when my companion, a boy, threw a stone at it." H. H. S. 



44. Canis (Thous) aquilus (Bangs'). 



Urocyon aquilus BANGS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, 93. April 30, 

 1898. Santa Marta Mountains, Columbia. 



Fifteen specimens (skins and skulls) not sexed, but evi- 

 dently representing adults of both sexes and young adults, 

 and 6 additional skeletons, all taken in the vicinity of Bonda, 

 in December, January, February, May, August, September, 

 November, and March. Only a part have external measure- 

 ments. The series varies little in respect to coloration. 

 Measurements of 7 adults, taken by the collector before 

 skinning, are as follows: I 



14851, a, total length, 978; tail vertebrae, 286. 

 14627, $ ?, " " 965; " 263. 



14853, 3. 959; 349- 



14623, $ ?, 927; 260. 



14626, ? ?, 914; 274. 



23503,?, 927; " 248; hind foot, 133. 



23504, ?, " 940; " 324; " " 146. 



Eight adult skulls measure as follows : x 



The question mark after the designation for sex in both the above tables indicates 

 that the determination is presumptive; in the other cases the sex is positively deter- 

 minable by the skins. 



