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MEPHITIS MEPHITICA. 
Skunk. 
Mephitis mephitica, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 195. 
Viverra mephitica, Siiaw, Museum Leverianum, 1792, 172 ; plate.—In. Gen. Zool. 1, 1800, 390. 
Mephitis chinga, Tiedemann, Zool. 1, 1808, 362. (In part.) 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I, 1849, 317 ; pi. xlii. 
Sp. Ch. —Soles naked, except on the posterior third. Tail vertebrm half the length 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 Skunk. 
Mephitis occiilentalis, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 194. 
? Mephitis mesomelas, Sr. Hilaire, Voy. de la Venus, Zoologie, I, 1855, 133; plate. 
Sp. Ch.—S ize of a cat. Tail vertebrae two-thirds tiie length of heal 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, whic* 1 
i s entirely black. 
Fort Steilacoom. 
TAXIDEA AMERICANA. 
American Badger. 
Ursus taxus, Sciireber, Siiugt III, 1778, 520, fig. 142, B. (Prom Buffon.) 
Metes taxus, var. 0 americanus, Boddaert, Elenchus Anim. I, 1784, 136. 
Metes americanus, (“ Bodd.”) Zimmer.wann, Pennant’s Arktische Zoologie I, 1787, 74. 
Taxidea americana, Baird, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 202. 
Metes Lahradoria, Meyer, Zool. Archv. II, 1796, 45. 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. I. 1849, 360 ; pi. xlvii. 
Sp. Ch.— Plead grizzled gray, black on the end of snout, and along the eyes. A median white line from near the nose 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. 
PEOCYON HERNANDEZIL, Wagler. 
Black-footed Raccoon. 
Procijon hernandczii, Wagler, Isis, 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 or six annuli 
and the tip black ; the annuli half as wide only as the rusty whitish 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. 
Based, Gen. Rep. Mammals, 1857, 225. 
One skull collected at Steilacoom. 
