2 8 . C a n i s ( v u l p e s ) c i n e e e o - a r g b n t a t u s . T h e K i t - f o x . (F . B . A. No. 29.)
P la in s o f th e C o lum b ia .
29. F e l i s c o n c o l o e . T h e c o u g a r . ( H a r l a n , Faun. Am. p. 94.)
M o n te r e y b a y . (L a n g sd o rff.)
30. F e l i s o n c a . T h e j a g u a r . ( H a r l a n , Faun. Am. p. 95.)
B a n k s o f th e C o lum b ia . (L ew is a n d C la rk e .)
31. F e l i s R U F A .? B a y l y n x . (F . B . A. N o . 31.)#
B a n k s o f th e C o lum b ia a n d N o r th C a lifo rn ia .—T h is is p e rh a p s th e a n im a l n am e d “ w a n sh e e ,”
w h o s e sk in s w e re o b ta in e d a t N o o tk a b y C a p ta in C o o k .
32. F e l i s f a s c i a t a . B a n d e d l y n x . (F. B . A. No. 32.)
B o rd e rs o f th e p la in s o f t h e C o lum b ia , a n d w o o d y d is tr ic ts a t th e m o u th o f th a t riv e r.
33. P h o c a ( c a l o c e p h a l a ) v i t u l i n a . C o m m o n s e a l . ( C u v . Reg . An. p. 168.)t
3 4 . P h o c a ( c a l o c e p h a l a ) G r e e n l a n d i c a . H a r p s e a l . ( I d e m , p . 1 6 8 .)
35. P h o c a ( c a l o c e p h a l a ) b a r b a t a . G r e a t s e a l . ( I d e m , p. 168.)
3 6 . P h o c a (o t a r ia ) j u b a t a . L e o n in e s e a l . ( I d e m , p . 1 7 0 .)
3 7 . P h o c a (o t a r ia ) u r s in a . U r s in e s e a l . ( I d em , p . 1 7 0 .)
38. P h o c a ( o t a r i a ? ) f a s c i a t a . R i b b o n s e a l . ( P e n n . Arct. Zool. 2. p. 165.)'
A ll th e s e s eals a re m e n tio n e d b y a u th o r s a s h a v in g b e e n fo u n d o n th e n o rth -w e s t co a st o f A m e ric a ,
b u t th e sp e c ie s in some in s ta n c e s h a v e b e en im p e rfe c tly d e te rm in e d . O th e r s e a ls a re e n um e r a te d in
K ra s c h e n in ik o ff’s h is to ry o f K am ts c h a tk a , a n d i f r e a lly p ro p e r sp e c ie s , m o s t lik e ly r a n g e ov e r to th e
A m e ric a n s h o re s.
39. T r i c h e c h u s r o s m a r u s . T h e m o r s e . ( H a r l a n , Faun. Am. p. 114.)
B e h r in g ’s S tr a its , a n d th e I c y S e a to th e n o rthw a rd : s e e n b y C o o k a s fa r so u th a s B ris to l b ay,
la t. 5 8 ° 4 2 '. I t is u n k n ow n to th e E sq u im a u x o f th e C o p p e rm in e a n d M a c k e n z ie riv e rs.
40. D i d e l p h i s V iR G iN iA N A . T h e OPOSSUM.^: ( H a r l a n , Fauu. Am. p. 119.)
C a lifo rn ia . (M r. C o llie .) N o sp e c im en b ro u g h t h om e .
41. C a s t o r f i b e r , A m e r i c a n u s . A m e r i c a n b e a v e r . (F. B . A. No. 33.)
R u s s ia n A m e ric a , N ew C a led o n ia , a n d N o r th C a lifo rn ia .
* No. 31. Neck of the gall-bladder tortuous, like the «««cu/« «eminolei in the human subject. Intestinal canal,
9 feet long. (Collie.)
t No. 33. A seal, referred by Mr. Collie to this species, was killed, on the 18th July, 1826, close to the St. Law-
rence Islands. Thermometers, put into the cavity of the abdomen and of the heart, while it was in the act of dying,
stood a t 9 2 | Fahr., the temperature of the sea being at the time 4 3 |, and o f the air 44^.
{ No. 40. Mr. Collie mentions that the tongue of this animal is set above with prickles pointing backwards, and that
its tip is dentated.
42. F i b e r z i b e t h i c u s . T h e m u s q u a s h . ( F . B. A. N o . 8 4 .)*
4 3 . A r v i o o l a r u b r i c a t u s . R e d - s i d e d m e a d o w - m o u s e .
Ch . 5P. A b v ic o l a r u b r ic a t u s , supra obscure plumbeus: subius pallide cinereus, lateribus miniatis, cauda
breviusculd, poUice minimo.
Sp. C h . R e d -s id e d m e adow -m ouse , back slate-coloured, belly ash-coloured, sides nearly scarlet, tail rather
short; thumb of fore-foot rudimentary.—Sixe, a little greater than that of the common domestic moose.
T h e above a re th e c h a r a c te r s o f a m e ad ow -m o u s e , w h ic h b u rrow s in th e tu r fy soil o n th e sh o re s of
B e h rin g ’s S tra its , d r aw n u p from M r. C o llie ’s n o te s . I n th e co lo u rs o f its fu r, a n d d im en s io n s , it
mo st re s em b le s th e arvicola ceconomus ( P a l l . g lir . N o . 1 2 5 , p i. 1 4 , A ) , a n d ap p e a rs to h e q u ite d i s tin
c t from a n y A m e r ic a n m e a d ow -m o u s e h ith e r to d e s c rib e d . T h e r e is n o sp e c im e n in th e Colle c tio n .
4 4 . N e o t o m a D r u m m o n d i i . R o c k y m o u n t a i n n e o t o m a . ( F . B. A. No. 4 4 .)
N e a r th e so u rc e s o f th e C o lum b ia .
4 5 . M u s L E U C O PU S . A m e r i c a n f i e l d - m o u s e . ( F . B. A. N o . 4 6 .)
B a n k s o f th e C o lum b ia , a n d N ew C a led o n ia .
46. A r c t o m y s c a l i g a t a (Eschscholtz). T A R P O G A N .f
Arctomys caligata. (ESCHSCHOLTZ, Zool, Atl, pi. vi.)
C h. s p . A r ctom y s c a l ig a ta , ex griseo alboque nigresa
nigris, ore albo, aurieulis rotundatis brev
s, capite supra caudaque decem-pollicariferruguineis, tarsia
S p . c h . T a b p o g a n M a rm o t , hoary, top of the head and the ten-inch tail rust-coloured, feet black, muzzle white,
roundish and rather short ears.
DESCRIPTION.
F u r o f tw o k in d s , a fine w o o l, a n d lo n g e r s tif f h a i r s ; th e fo rm e r tw o in c h e s lo n g o n t h e b a c k a n d
s id e s , w h e re i t is b la c k ish -b row n tow a rd s th e b o ttom , a n d w h itish -g re y u p w a r d s ; i t is a lm o s t
d e fic ie n t o n th e b e lly . T h e hairs, w h ite , w ith b la c k tips, a r e lo n g e s t o n th e n e c k , b e in g ^ in c h e s ,
w h ile o n th e b e lly th e y m e a su re o n ly h a l f a n in c h . T h e to p o f th e h e a d is b row n , s p r in k le d w ith
b la c k h a i r s ; a b la c k s tr ip e p a s s e s b e h in d th e e a r from th e s id e o f th e h e a d to th e s h o u ld e r ; h a ir s o f
th e fo re h e a d w h i te ; m e d ia l lin e o f th e n o s e d a rk -b row n , its t i p a n d th e lip s q u ite w h ite . E a r s b row n .
E x tr em itie s b r o w n ; th e t a r s i , so le s a n d to e s , c o v e re d w i th m o d e ra te ly lo n g b la c k h a ir s . H a i r s o f th e
ta il ru s ty b row n , w ith a w id e w h ite r in g tow a rd s th e ir t ip s . T h e b la c k c law s e q u a l th e to e s in l e n g th ;
th e th um b tu b e r c le o f th e fo re -fo o t is ve ry e v id e n t. T o ta l le n g th o f th e a n im a l a lm o s t tw o f e e t, ta il
in c lu d e d .
47. A r c t o m y s B R A C H Y U R U S . S h o r t - t a i l e d m a r m o t . (F . B. A . N o . 49.)
P l a in s o f th e C o lum b ia .
48. A r c t o m y s ( S p e r m o p h i l u s ) P a r h y i . P a r r y ’s m a r m o t . (F . B. A . N o . 50.)
S t C a le d o n ia to I c y C ap e . T h e sk in s a r e m a d e in to d re s s e s b y th e E s q u im a u x o f B e h r in g ’s
• No. 48. Mr. Collie . t a t .i ih .t the of th i, tuiim.l are suimomtted by a r e s a ljla o j .h e a l the sire of a pea.
Ih e C0«!»n rade, saeeulated, and nearly a foot long, and the eekit, a t it. comtnencetnent, is twisted tievenl times round
Itself.
+ As no English account of this marmot has hitherto appeared, the following description is abridged from
Eschscholte 8. There is a great resemblance between the Tarpogan and the Whistler of the Rocky Mountains (Arctomu,
pruiruistu), noticed in the Fauna BorealuAmericana.