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PBOCYON minor Miller. 



Proq/on minor Miller, Proc. BioL Soc. Washington, 1911, 24, p. 4. 



This newly described raccoon is known from a single young male 

 which was received by the U. S. National Museum from the l'Hermi- 

 nier Museum. It was collected at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe Island. 

 It seems to be a small, or dwarfed, species somewhat resembling the 

 Bahama raccoon. 



It can be at present a matter of conjecture only whether or not this 

 animal reached Guadeloupe by natural means. Possibly it was intro- 

 duced by the French in the early days. 



Procyon ? cancrivorus (G. Cuvier). 



For many years a raccoon has existed on the island of Barbados, 

 but there is no record of specimens being compared with the mainland 

 forms. Hughes, writing in 1750, speaks of a bounty being offered 

 for their destruction; and Schomburgk, in 1848, considered them at 

 that time 'scarce.' Feilden (1890) believed this animal to be P. can- 

 crivorus, and stated that it was still to be found in considerable 

 numbers in the rocky parts of the island. He thought its presence 

 probably accidental, and indeed it is not impossible that it may have 

 been introduced by man, or even have found its way on floating tree- 

 trunks to the windward shores of the island. 



SOLENODONTIDAE. 



Solenodon paradoxus Brandt. 



Solenodon paradoxus Brandt, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 

 1833, ser. 6, 2, p. 459, pis. 1, 2. 



Since the publication of my paper on this species in 1910, addi- 

 tional specimens have been received from San Domingo by the 

 American Museum of Natural History and the United States National 

 Museum. These were part of a shipment of five living animals sent 

 to the zoological gardens at New York and Washington. 



