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g. Mus norwegicus. 



Mus norwegicus. Erxl. Syst. Reg. Anim., 1777, p. 381. 



Mus decumanus. Pall. Glir. , 1778, p. 91. 



One specimen taken at Murray Bay, Province of Quebec. 



"House rats are found at all the points visited, except those 

 remote from civilization. One specimen of rather peculiar color 

 was taken at Murray Bay." (T. S.) 



10. Peromyscus canadensis. 



Peromyscus canadensis. Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, 



P- 55- 



Twenty specimens from Salmon Lake and Riviere du Loup, 

 New Brunswick, and Murray Bay, Quebec. 



These examples are evidently true canadensis, Miller. No 

 Peromyscus were taken at Lake Edward, so I am unable to make 

 any comparisons with abietorum, Bangs. Murray Bay being but 

 a comparatively short distance from Lake Edward and on same 

 latitude, should produce abietorum, but all the specimens are 

 canadensis. It is true that some of the younger examples answer 

 very well to Bangs' description, and gives rise to the suspicion 

 that abietorum may only be immature canadensis, and the total 

 absence of any adults differing from canadensis in my series 

 strengthens the idea. 



" It seems strange no specimens of white-footed mice were 

 secured in upper New Brunswick, the nearest point being Salmon 

 Lake, Province of Quebec, on the Metapedia River, where one 

 was taken. They were fairly common about Riviere du Loup, 

 where I secured several specimens, and were also fairly common 

 at Murray Bay, which was the only point north of the St. Law- 

 rence where I took specimens. I find this mouse lives almost 

 exclusively in the hardwood forests, and there being only small 

 widely separated tracts of such timber north of the St. Lawrence 

 may, in some manner, account for its absence, but this will not 

 account for my not finding it at Dalhousie, where there is plenty 

 of hardwood." (T. S.) 



11. Evotomys gapperi. 



Evotomys gapperi. Vigors Zool. Journ. , v, 1830, p. 204, pi. ix. 



Twenty-six examples from Dalhousie, Salmon Lake, Meta- 

 pedia, Upper Restigouche River and Lake Edward, Provinces of 

 New Brunswick and Quebec. 



