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MEPHITIS MEPHITICA. 
Skunk. 
Mephitis mephitica, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 195. 
Vicerra mephitica, Shaw, Museum Leverianum, 1792, 172; plate. — Ib. Gen. Zool. 1, 1800, 390. 
Mepliitis ckinga, Tiedemann, Zool. I, 1608, 362. (In part.) 
AuD. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I, 1849, 317 ; pi, xlii. 
Sp. Ch. — Soles naked, except on the posterior third. Tail vertebrro half the lenjrth 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 the 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 • 
Mepliitis occidentalis, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 194. 
: Mephitis mesomelas, Sr. IIilaire, Voy. de la Venus, Zoologie, I, 1855, 133; plate. 
Sp. Ch. — Size of a cat. Tail vertebras two-thirds the 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 the tail, whicl^ 
i s entirely black. 
Fort Steilacoom. 
TAXIDEA AMERICANA. 
American Badger. 
Ursus tuxus, Schreber, S.^ugt. Ill, 1778, 520, fig. 142, B. (From Buifon.) 
Meles taxus, var. f} americanus, Boddaert, Elenchus Anim. I, 1784, 136. 
Meles americunus, (" Bodd.") Zim.mermann, Pennant's Arktische Zoologie I, 1787, 74. 
Taxidea americana, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 202. 
Meles Labvadoria, Meyer, Zool. Archv. II, 1796, 45. 
Ai;d. & ach. N. a. Quad. I. 1849, 360 ; pi. slvii. 
Sp. Ch. Head grizzled gray, black on the end of snout, and along the eyes. A median white line from near the noso to the 
nape. Legs and a crescentic patch before the ears black. Cheeks and under parts generally white. 
Three specimens were collected on the Upper Missouri. 
PROCYON HERNANDEZII, Wagler. 
Ulack-footed Raccoon. 
Procyon hernandezii, Wagler, Isia, 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 tipped with black. Under 
fur dark brown. A large oblique black patch 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 orsix annuii 
and the tip black ; the annuii half as wide only as the rusty whitisli interspaces. Hind feet exceeding four inches; the 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. 
