435 



''The Sheepy 



Allen, ii. 169.— Rees, 4to, 465.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 30.— M'Vickar, ii. 343. 

 Ovis Montana, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. ii. 1815, 292, 309. 

 (Not of authors generally.) 



Capra montana, Harlan, Fn. Amer. 1825, 253. 

 Aploceros niontanus of modern authors. 



Lewis and Clarke were perfectly well acquainted with the Bighorn or 

 true Rocky Mountain Sheep, as is evident in several places in their 

 Narrative. It is somewhat singular that it should not be included in the 

 formal enumeration, since it inhabits the Rocky Mountains as well as 

 the Upper Missouri region. But the " sheep " here referred to is the 

 animal now known as the Eocky Mountain Goat, as evidenced by their 

 mention of long, white wool and erect, pointed horns. Here, somewhat 

 as in the case of the Antelope, the authors are sponsors of the species, 

 having given one of the earliest, if not the first, perfectly recognizable 

 account. 



" The Beaver:^ 



Allen, ii. 170.— Rees, 4to, 466.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 31.— M'Vickar, ii. 344. 

 Castor fiber of early American authors. 



Castor canadensis, Kuhl, Beit. Zool. 1820, 64, and most late American 

 writers. 



The account is chiefly occupied with the castor of the animal, mode 

 of using it, &c. 



''Common Otter.''' 



Allen, ii. 171.— Rees, 4to, 467.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 32.— M'Vickar, ii. 344. 

 Lutra canadensis, J. Sab., App. Fraukl. Journ. 1823, 653. 

 Lutra canadensis et californica, Bd., M. N. A. 1857, 184, 187. 



Simply mentioned as the same as that of the United States. 



" ^ea Otter:' 



Lutra marina, Steller, Nov. Comm.Petrop. ii. 1751, 357, pi. 16. 

 Enhydra marina, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 1822, 187. . 



The authors give a fair description of this animal, then known, 

 however, for more than half a century, from the account given by 

 Steller. 



"The Minliy 



Allen, ii. 172.— Rees, 4to, 467.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 33.— M'Vickar, ii. 345 » 

 Mustela vison, Briss., Quad. 1756, 246. 



Putorius vison, Gapper, Zool. Jonrn.- v. 1830, 202, and of late authors 

 generally. 



'^The Seal:' 



The description given by the authors does not afford means of identi- 

 fying the species to which they refer. 



"■The Raccoon:' 



Allen, ii. 172.— Eees, 4to, 467.— Eees, 8vo, iii. 34.— M'Vickar, ii. 345. 

 ? Procyon hernandezH, Wagler, Okeu's Isis, xxiv. 1831, 514. 



No description is given, and we can only suppose, from the locality, 

 that the actual reference is to this species or variety. 



