[Thus far wo have endeavoured to describe the forms and give the habits of the quadruped? 
figured in our work ; we will now append somo descriptions, and a list of those species we 
have not been able to portray, but which deserve to be noticed, as belonging to the “Quadru- 
peds of North America,” and necessary to complete the list.] 
MEPHITIS ZORILL A.— Gmel. 
Californian Skunk. 
(Not figured.) 
M. Fronte macula ovali alba insignita ; macula alba ad tempus utr uni- 
que, strigis quatuor albis, interruptis in dorso et lateribus, caudae apice 
albo. 
CHARACTERS. 
.fin oval spot of white on the forehead, and a large spot on each temple ; four 
interrupted white stripes on the sides and back ; tail broadly tipped with 
white. 
SYNONYMES. 
Mephitis Zorilla. — Licht; Darstellung neue, oder wenig bekannter saugethiere, 
1827-1834. Berlin, tafel xlviii., fig. 2. 
Le Zorille. — Buffon, Hist. Nat., t. xiii., p. 302, table 41. 
Mephitis bi-color. — Gray, Loudon’s Mag., vol. i., p. 581. 
“ Zorilla.— Illiger. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In form, this species may be said to be a small image of the Common 
Skunk ( M . Chinga ). 
Head, short in proportion ; ears broad, rounded, clothed with hair on 
both surfaces ; palms naked ; nails short, grooved beneath, and slightly 
hooked ; whiskers short and scattering ; fur soft, like that of the domestic 
