438 



" The BaV^ 



Allen, ii. 178.— Rees, 4to, 471.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 41.— M'Yickar, ii. 350- 

 (See also Allen, i. 289 ; Rees, 4to, 212— Rees, 8vo, ii. 396; M'Vickar, i- 

 244.) 



Mvs cinereus, Ord, Guthrie's Geogr. 2d Am. ed. ii. 1815, 292 (based 

 on Lewis and Clarke). 



Neotoma cinerea, Baird, M. N. A. 1857, 499, 



Myoxus drmnmondii. Rich., Zool. Jouru. iii. 1828, 517. 



JSeotoma drummondu, Rich., Fn. Bor.-Am. i. 1829, 137, pi. 8. 



Neotoma occidentalism Coop., MSS. — Bd., Proc. Acad. Phila. 1855, 335 ; 

 M. N. A. 1857, 496. 



The bushy-tailed Neotoma of the West is very clearly noted by the 

 authors, who even institute comparisons between it and N. floridana of 

 the South Atlantic States, with which Captain Lewis seems to have 

 been also familiar. The description given at the earlier page above 

 quoted is better than that in the formal enumeration. This animal is 

 the basis of 2Ii(s cinereus of Ord. 



" The Mouse:^ 



Allen, ii. 178. — Rees, 4to, 472. — Rees, 8vo, iii, 42. — M'Vickar, ii, 350 

 No .descrii)tiou ; Aot identifiable. 



*' The 2Iole:' 



Allen, ii. 178, — Rees, 4to, 472. — Rees, 8vo, iii. 42. — M'Vickar, ii. 350. 



Not described, nor distinguished from the common mole of the United 

 States, though the actual reference is doubtless to tbe animal subse- 

 quently named Scaiops toicnsendii by Bachmau. 



" The Panther:' 



Allen, ii. 178.— Rees, 4to, 472.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 42,— M'Vickar, ii. 350. 

 Felis concolor, Linn., Mantissa, 1771, 522, pi. 2. 



" The Hare:' 



Allen, ii. 178.— Rees, 4to, 472.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 42.— M'Vickar, ii. 42. 

 Lepiis virginianus, var., Harl., Fn. Amer. 1825,310. 

 Lepus virginianus, Rich., Fn. Bor.-Am. i. 1829, 224; not of authors. 

 Lepus campestris, Bach., Journ. Pliila. Acad. vii. 1837, 340. 

 Lepus toicnsendii, Bach,, Journ, Phila. Acad. viii. 1839, 90, pi. 2. 



The Hare described at length by Lewis and Clarke is one of the very 

 large species called " Jackass Rabbits'' in the West ; it is also one of 

 those which turn white in winter; and their explicit mention of the 

 white tail seems to tix their species as that which has acquired the 

 synonymy above quoted. In crossiug the country, they must have be- 

 come perfectly familiar with the now L. campestris, which is the 

 characteristic species of Dakota and Montana; and, as they, make no 

 discrimination of a Pacitic-side species different from that of the Mis- 

 souri plains, it is fair to identify their account as is here done, although 

 they may have actually included in it another species. 



" The EaUit:'i 



Allen, ii. 179.— Rees, 4to, 473.— Rees, 8vo, iii. 44.— M'Vickar, ii. 351, 

 Lepus nuttallii, Bach., Journ. Phila. Acad. vii. 1837, 345, pi. 22. 

 Lepus artemisia, Bach., Jouru. Phila. Acad. viii. 1839, 94. 



