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Table VIII. — Measurements of thirty-nine specimens of SlGMi >i>ox from the Southern United States and Mexico. 



35 



7047 



20 



34' 



482J 



4S23 



281 



4815 



2701 



2625 



9088 



909 



9250 



K7e 



9021 



9022 



9023 



8820 



232 



8 



2082 



4927 



4927 



2681 



5601 



264 



262 



263 



574 



9384 



9385 



9508 



9509 



9510 



9534 



6995 



6996 



7210; 



9926 



8392 



6309 



4804 



Locality. 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



...do 



... do 



...do 



...do 



...do ., 



...do 



....do 



...do 



...do 



Florida 



Fort Cobb 



Texas 



...do 



...do 



... do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



California 



...do 



Mutaiuoras, Mex 



Coahuila, Mex 



Nnevo Leon, Mex. . 

 Santa Rosalia, Mex 

 Tamaulipas, Mex . . 



...do - 



Zehuaian, Mex 



...do 



Tehnantepec, Mex. 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Tuxpango, Mex. .. 



...do 



Orizaba, Mex 



Mirador, Mex 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Collector. 



J. Bachman 



Lam be College. . 



J. LeCouto 



...do 



J.Postell 



...do 



J. J. Audubon . . 



Br. Gesner 



S. W.Wilson.... 

 ...do 



G. "Wurdenjami .. 



E. Palmer 



L. C. Eivendberg 



G. Lineecum 



... do 



.. do 



n. B. Butcher . 

 J.H.Clark .... 



...do 



A. Schott 



J.C.Ives 



...do 



Dr. Berlandier . 

 D.N. Couch... 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



F. Sumiekrast. . 



.. do 



...do 



...do 



.. do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



...do 



C. Sartorius 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Nose to- 



Ejc. 



II. 60 



0.62 

 0. 75 

 C.80 

 0.70 

 0.75 

 0.70 



0.65 



0.80 

 0.69 



0.65 



ii. ;.;, 



0.70 



Ear. 



1.20 

 1.30 

 1.40 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 1.30 



1.20 



1.50 



1.18 

 1.50 



1.25 



Occi- 

 put. 



1.30 

 1.C6 

 1.80 

 1.40 

 1.75 

 1. 60 



1.40 



1.38 

 1.67 



1.45 



Tail. 



4.50 

 5.75 

 4.75 

 5.50 

 6.25 

 5.75 

 5.6G 

 5.00 



5.50 



5.75 

 5.00 

 5.50 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 7.00 



7.00 

 5.65 

 6.00 

 5. 50 

 4.50 

 5.67 

 5.00 

 4.75 



5. 50 

 6.00 

 5.00 



4.40 



5.00 

 5.30 

 4.50 

 5.00 

 4.75 



Tail. 



Palm. 



2.75 

 4. 50 

 3.60 

 3. 25 

 3.75 

 3.25 

 3. 55 

 3.75 



3.40 

 2.90 

 3.60 

 3. 50 

 3.75 

 3.50 

 3.30 

 4.30 



4.00 

 2.93 

 4.00 

 3.80 

 2.40 

 4.60 

 3.00 



5.00 

 4.70 

 4.40 

 5.25 

 3. 25 

 3.30 

 3.00 

 3.60 

 3.50 



0. 54 

 0.60 

 0. 50 



II. .Ml 



o. 55 



0. 55 



0. 55 



0.56 

 0.55 

 0.55 



0.54 

 0. CO 

 0. 55 

 0.50 

 0.00 



0.51 



Sole. 



1.07 

 1. 15 

 1.18 

 1. 22 

 1.25 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1. 22 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.12 

 1.07 

 1.20 

 1.22 

 1.10 

 1. 20 

 1. 15 

 1.20 

 1.14 

 1. 17 

 1.18 

 1.40 

 1.25 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1.10 

 1.14 

 1.12 

 1.10 

 1.37 

 1.30 

 1.25 

 1.19 

 1.30 

 1.10 

 1.05 

 0.97 

 0.98 

 1. 05 



Ear. 



0. 55 



0.65 

 0.65 

 0.70 

 0.08 

 0.60 

 0.67 



0.65 

 0.70 

 0.70 



0.60 

 0.60 

 0.70 

 0.75 

 0.70 

 0.70 

 0.60 



0.66 

 0.73 

 0.64 

 0.54 

 0.67 

 0.55 

 0.60 

 0.60 

 0.58 

 0.63 



Remarks. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Alcoholic 



Alcoholic. 



Dry. 



Alcoholic. 



Alcoholic. 



Dry. 



Alcoholic. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry ; stretched. 



Dry. 



Dry; much Btrotched. 



Dry. 



Dry ; much stretched. 



Alcoholic. 



Alcoholic. 



Alcoholic. 



Alcoholic. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Dry. 



Alcoholic. 



Alcoholic 



Alcoholic 



Alcoholic young. 



young. 

 young. 



* There is some mistake in Professor Baird's measurerueut of No. 34 (6.00 long ; tail, 4.25) ; the specimen does not show 

 theso dimensions. 



Hypo of #. " bcrtamlu'i i " , Laird. 



; Representing Hcspcromys [Deilemys) " toltccua ", Do Saussure. 



If these specimens are all really of one species (as we hold, and aim to 

 prove), the limits of variation are set somewhat further apart, as would be 

 expected from the extent of country, representing different climatic conditions. 



Excluding Nos. 8 and 8820 as obviously overstuffed (they could not 

 have exceeded 6.00 in the flesh), (he length of the body remains substantially 



