1S97.] MR. LTDEKKBR ON A NEW MriiB-DEER. 899 



Dimensions of the type, an old female, measured in the flesh by 

 collector : — 



Head and body 182mm. ; tail 68; hind foot with claws 34; ear 23. 



Skull — basal length (basion to gnathion) 38-2 ; basilar length 

 of Hensel 36-6 ; occipito-nasal length 41-5 ; greatest mastoid 

 breadth 2-5-8 ; breadth across postorbital processes 14 ; inter- 

 orbital breadth 12 ; intertemporal breadth 13-2 ; palate-length 

 from heuselion 15; height of brain-case from basisphenoid 15-5; 

 front of canine to back of molar (alveoli) 13-1 ; length of posterior 

 narial fossa 9-1 ; distance between outer corners of m^ 16. 

 P^ length 4-8, breadth 3-3 ; m', outer length 4-4, greatest diagonal 

 diameter 5'6 ; m,, length 6. 



Hah. Eosario, Sinaloa, W. Mexico. 



It would be seen from the description that this remarkable little 

 species differed far more from any of the other species than they 

 did from each other. It was unfortunate that the only specimen 

 was a female, but it being fully adult, with the teeth beginning 

 to be worn and the basilar suture entire'y closed, no doubt could 

 exist as to the extremely small size of the species. 



Mr. Thomas also exhibited a Badger from Lower California 

 which he considered diiferent from any previously described, and 

 characterized as follows : — 



Taxidea TAXtJS INFCSCA, subsp. n. 



Pattern apparently as in T. t. berhndieri, Baird, but the general 

 colour as much darker than in that animal as that of T. t. neglecta, 

 Mearns, was as compared with T. t. typica. Mesial stripe broad 

 and well-marked throughout, from nose to tail, specially broadened 

 on the nape, where it reaches a width of from 1^ to 2 inches. 

 Black cheek-patch not united to orbital patch and only doubtfully 

 connected by grey with the black crown-band. Long hair of 

 back without sub-basal bands, uniformly tawny buff except for the 

 subterminal band of black and tip of dirty white. Tail-hairs 

 similar, except those of the extreme tip, which are blackish brown 

 throughout. Under surface brownish or tawny white ; mesial line 

 clear white. No interramial black spot. 



Dimensions of the type, an adult male, measured in the flesh : — 



Head and body 580 mm. ; tail 122; hind foot 94 ; ear 50. 



Skull, basilar lenglh of Hensel 113; greatest breadth 79. 



Hah. Santa Anita, Lower California. Coll. D. Coolidge. 



Tyi^e obtained Aug. 1, 1896. Original number 560. Four 

 specimens examined. 



This form appeared to be undoubtedly most closely allied to the 

 Mexican T. t. herlandieri, but differed in its darker tones, in the 

 broadening of the dorsal stripe on the nape, and in the entire 

 absence of the black interramial spot. 



Mr. Lydekker exhibited skins of a variety of the Mule-Deer 

 from Lower California, for which he suggested the name Mazama 



