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near the head of Long Lake, adjoining Bear Swamp, October 8th 

 and 15th, 1896. Two additional examples were trapped October 

 29th at Greenwood Lake, the first in a wet pasture lot at the south 

 end of the lake, the last along a deep ravine in Greenwood Mount- 

 ain, among sphagnum and grass by the road-side. 



In no case have I seen this species out of easy reach of sphagnum 

 or removed a stone's throw from woodland, even when wet meadows 

 afforded it a tempting diversion into open country. 



The specimens are esentially like those of this species taken in 

 Pennsylvania and New England, being uniformly lighter colored 

 than those found in the bogs of southern New Jersey at the same 

 season, to which I gave the name Synaptomys stonei in 1893, and 

 which a full series of specimens is likely to prove separable from 

 cooperi as a subspecies. 



I believe the above record of typical cooperi is the first for New 

 Jersey, though it is probable that Cooper's original specimen was 

 taken in the northern section of the State. 



7. Microtus pennsylvanious (Ord). Wilson's Meadow Vole. 



As was expected, the common meadow mouse proved very abund- 

 ant in all visited localities. 



Of the ninety specimens taken, none show any remarkable varia- 

 tion from the typical form found in southeastern Pennsylvania. 

 Several females contained embryos, while young of all stages of 

 growth were secured. It is not likely that the severest winter 

 weather puts any effectual period to the reproductive powers of this 

 animal. In old nursing females the fall moult seemed to be some- 

 times almost wholly arrested, their pelage presenting a very ragged 

 and faded appearance. 



8. Microtus pinetorum (LeC). Pine- woods Vole. 



Comparison of two specimens of this vole taken at Delaware Gap 

 shows no differences of even subspecific value to separate them from 

 individuals taken in the pine barrens of southern New Jersey. Un- 

 less South Carolina and Georgia specimens differ markedly from 

 any I have yet taken in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the conclu- 

 sion of Audubon and Bachman, that scalopsoides is a synonym of 

 pinetorum, holds good. 



The individual and seasonal variations in this species among spec- 

 imens from the same locality are very great, making it necessary 

 that a large suite of skins from Florida to Massachusetts be con- 



