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that of P. lotor a grayish white, just the reverse of what is stated by the above authors. The 
greater purity of the white marks on the face in P. hernandezii I have not been able to appreciate. 
Of the existence within the limits of the United States of the Procyon cancrivorus, as stated 
by Audubon and Bachman, I can find no trace. The figure given by these authors is taken 
from a specimen in the British Museum brought from South America, and the description from 
one in the Charleston Museum, likewise extra limital. Their notice of the habits and peculiari¬ 
ties of the California raccoon refers, in all probability, to the P. hernandezii, as this is the only 
species yet detected among the many California raccoons brought in by the different expeditions. 
The P. psora of Gray, from the Sacramento river, is, I suspect, a bleached or faded specimen 
of the same species, with a mutilated tail, as the generic characters of Procyon are partly 
wanting. 
The P. obscurus and brachyurus of Wiegmann I am not able to identify ; it is quite probable 
that they do not belong to North America. The characters assigned of very indistinct annula- 
tion on the tail of the one, and of extreme brevity of tail in the other, are scarcely sufficient to 
establish them as true species. 
From the evidence at present at our command, it would seem that the Mexican raccoon is 
abundant as far north as the Bio Grande of Texas, and west to the Pacific, where it ranges 
north as far as Cape Flattery, or Puget’s Sound, and possibly even further. The line of demar¬ 
cation between this and the P. lotor to the eastward is not yet ascertained. 
Measurements. 
Current 
number. 
Locality. 
Head. 
Head and 
body. 
Tail to end 
of verteb. 
Tail, with 
hairs. 
Ear, (ant. 
edge.) 
Hind ft. 
Fore ft. 
1053 
Devil’s river, Texas, (young)- 
5 
19 
7 
8$ 
If 
4.2 
3. 
1052 
Scin. Elizario, Texas-------------- 
5 
21 
8$ 
9$ 
4.4 
2. 6 
672 
Bodega, Cal.. 
5* 
24 
H 
10$ 
2 
4.4 
3. 
1196 
San Francisco, Cal-_ 
27 
11 
12$ 
2 
4. 5 
3. 
1197 
Fort Jones, Cal__ 
27 
12 
13 
279 
Fort. Pfcfiilacnnm W. T. _ _ 
27 
11$ 
1.2$ 
2 
4. 5 
3. 2 
1186 
Cape Flattery W T., (young) 
13 
5* 
List of specimens. 
Catal’gue 
number. 
Corresp’ng 
number of 
skull. 
| 
No. of 
specim’n. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
When 
collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of 
specimen. 
Collected by— 
1386-8 
1052 
1053 
672 
1196 
1197 
279 
1945 
1186 
3 
Matamoras, Mex_ 
.. 
Lt. D. N. Couch... 
Skulls_ 
Dr. L. Berlandier. 
2210 
San Elizario, Tex... 
Devil’s river, Tex.. 
Dec., 1854 
Maj. W. H. Emory. 
_do_ 
Mounted.. 
Dr.C.B. Kennedy. 
.. ....do_.... 
Nov., 1854 
Skin in ale. 
1875 
Bodega, Cal_ 
San Francisco, Cal.. 
Lt. W. P.Trowbridge. 
Lt.R. S. Williamson. 
1 Skin_ 
T. A. Szabo_- 
2082 
..do...... 
Dr. J.S. Newberry. 
Fort Jones, Cal_ 
Ft. Steilacoom,W.T. 
Dr. Geo. Suckley . . 
Cape Flattery, W.T. 
Lt.W.P.Trowbridge. 
..do. 
