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Mephitis occidentalis occidenialis and M. o. holzneri. It 

 seems not unlikely, however, that this skunk came from 



Saticoy, as did the one listed on page , and that it is 



referable to holzneri. 



Lynx fasciatus fasciatus Rafinesque 



"L[ynx^ fasciatus," Cooper, Pac. R. R. Expl. and Surv., 

 12, book 2, 1860, p. 32 (Peculiar to forests of western Wash- 

 ington. ) 



"Lynx fasciatus Raf.," Cooper, Pac. R. R. Expl. and Surv., 

 12, book 2, 1860, pp. 74-75 (Abundant in the forests of 

 Washington Territory; habits). 



Specimen examined. — One: No. 464 [probably 461 1, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. ; original label missing ; obverse of label attached 

 "464 Lynx faciatus [so] Shoalwater Bay, W. T. Dr. J. G. 

 Cooper." A museum label attached to the specimen bears the 

 date "Sept. 1854." 



Specimen evidently made over into modern study skin after 

 receipt at Museum. 



This example and another collected by Dr. Suckley are at 

 the dark extreme of the Lynx fasciatus series as represented 

 in the collections in the National Museum. 



Lynx ruffus californicus Mearns 



"Lynx rufus" (part), Cooper, Pac. R. R. Expl. and Surv., 

 12, book 2, 1860, p. 75 (Abundant in California) ; Cronise, 

 The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 438 (Abundant 

 throughout California) ; Amer. Nat., 3, 1869, p. 186. 



"Lynx rufus, var. maculatus" (part). Cooper, Amer. Nat., 

 8, p. 15 (Cuyamaca Mountains). 



Specimen examined. — One: No. 1167, U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 original label missing; obverse of old label attached "1167 

 Lynx rufus? Santa Clara, Cal. Dr. J. G. Cooper"; reverse, 

 four measurements. The typewritten museum label attached 

 bears the date "November 1855." 



Specimen evidently worked over and made up after receipt 

 at Museum. Skin in rather poor condition ; large hole on the 

 left side. 



