94 U ,S. p. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS 47TH PARALLEL. 



MEPHITIS MEPHITICA. 



, Skunk. 



Mephitis mephitica , Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 195. 



Viverra mepUilica, Shaw, Museum Leverianum, 1792, 172; plate. — Ib. Gen. Zool. 1, 18U0, 390. 



Mepliitis chinga, Tiedemann, Zool. I, 1608, 363. (In part.) 



AuD. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I, 1849, 317 ; pi. xlii. 

 Sp. Ch. — Soles naked, e.\cept on the posterior third. Tail vertebra} half the length of head and body, with hairs considerably 

 1 ess. Color black ; a narrow frontal line, a broad triangular nuchal patch, continuous with a narrow line on either side of the 

 back nearly to the tail, and a tuft at tlie end of the tail, white. The dorsal stripes sometimes broader ; sometimes wanting, as 

 also the nuchal patch. 



Bois de Sioux. (3.) 



MEPHITIS OCCIDENTALIS, Baird. 



California Sku . 



Mcpliilis occidenlalis, Baiud, Gun. llep. Mammals, 1857, 194. 



;J\Ie]ihiiis mcsomelas, St. Hilaire, Voy. de la Venus, Zoologie, I, 1855, 133; plate. 

 Sp. Cii. — Sizeot a cat. Tail vertebra} two-thirds tile length of head and body. Bony palate with small narrow emargination 

 in the middle of its posterior edge. Color black, with a white nuchal patch, bifurcating behind and reaching to tho tail, whic" 

 i s entirely black. 



Fort Steilacoom. 



TAXIDEA AMERICANA. 



American Badger. 



Ursus Uixas, Schreber, Saugt, 111, 1778, 520, fig. 142, B. (From Butlbn.) 

 Meles laxus, var. ji americanus, Boddaert, Elcnclius Anim. I, 1784, 136. 

 Melesamericiinus, ("Bodd.") Zimmermavn, Pennant's Arktische Zoologie I, 1787, 74. 

 Tcixidea umericana, Baird, Gen. Rep. ?.Iammals, 1857, 202. 

 Mtles Labradoria, .Meter, Zool. Archv. II, 1796, 45. 



Auu. & Acu. N. A. Quad. I. 1849, 360 ; pi. ilvii. 



Sp. Ch. — Head grizzled gray, black on the end of snout, and along tlie eyes. A median white line from near the noso to the 

 nape. Legs and a crescentic patch before the ears black. Clieeks and under parts generally white. 



Three specimens were collected ou the Upper Missouri. 



PROCYON HERNANDEZII, Wagler. 



Black-footed Raccoon. 



Procijnn hernandezii, Wagler, Isis, XXIV, 1831, 514. 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 212. 



Sp. Ch. — Larger than P. lotor. General color grayish white, with a tinge of yellowish ; long hairs tip])ed with black. Under 

 fur dark brown. A largo oblique black patcii on the side of the face continuous with a paler one under the chin. Sides and 

 under part of the muzzle, posterior margin of the cheek patch, and the ear, whitish. Tail tapering to tip, with five or si.\ annuli 

 and the tip black ; the annuli half as wide only as the rusty wliitish interspaces. Hind feet e.\ceeding four inches ; tho upper 

 surface mostly dark brown. Naked part of the soles three inches. 



Varies in lighter colors and substitution of rusty brown or chestnut for the black tints. 



Fort Steilacoom ; two specimens. No. 4, killed January 26. 



URSUS AMERICANUS. 



Black Bear, 



Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 225. 



One skull collected at Steilacoom. 



