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Cave. They were either absent from the region or did not fre- 

 quent the vicinity of the cave mouth. It seems not improbable 

 that these small carnivores had a distinct relation to the num- 

 ber of gallinaceous bird remains to become entombed in the 

 various cave deposits. 



The following list of mammals is recorded by Furlong from 

 the Samwel Cave: 



FURLONG'S LIST or SPECIES FROM SAMWEL CAVE 



Ursus americanus Pallas. 



Ursus, n. sp. 



Ursus, sp. 



Vulpes, sp. 



Uroeyon townsendi Merriam, C. H. 



Procyon, near lotor Linn. 



Putorius arizonensis Mearns. 



Mephitis occidentalis Baird. 



Mustela, sp. 



Felis, near hippolestes Merriam, 0. 



H. 

 Aplodontia, near major Merriam, 



C. H. 



Aplodontia rufa Eafinesque. 

 Erethizon epixanthus Brandt. 

 Arctomys, sp. 

 Lepus auduboni Baird. 



Lepus, sp. 



Thoraorays monticola Allen. 



Thomomys, sp. 



Microtus, sp. 



Neotoma fuscipes, Baird. 



Neotoma, sp. 



Citellus douglasi Richardson. 



Sciurus, sp. 



Euceratheriura collinum Sinclair 



and Furlong. 



Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong. 

 Haplocerus, sp. 

 Odocoileus, sp. a. 

 Odocoileus, sp. &. 

 Equus occidentalis Leidy. 

 Elephas, sp. 

 Megalonyx, sp. 



SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM SAMWEL CAVE. 



Indeterminate anserine a. 



Indeterminate anserine b. 



Indeterminate anserine c. 



Oreortyx picta (Douglas). 



Indeterminate odontophorid. 

 *Gymnogyps amplus Miller. 



Cathartes aura (Linnaeus). 

 *Catharista shastensis Miller. 



Accipiter velox (Wilson). 



Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte? 



Falco sparverius Linnaeus. 



Asio wilsonianus (Lesson). 



Bubo virginianus (Gmelin). 

 *Bubo sinclairi Miller. 



Glaucidium gnoma Wagler. 

 *Micropallas whitneyi (J. G. 

 Cooper) . 



Colaptes cafer (Gmelin). 



Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin). 



* Species of birds marked with the asterisk (*) are extinct or else 

 foreign to the locality. 



Hawver Cave. Hawver Cave is now located in the same 

 faunal zone as the caves previously discussed and at about the 

 same elevation, though some two degrees to the southward. The 



