Mar. 1899. MAMMALS OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS ELLIOT. 253 



The cuts exhibit the upper and under surface of the skull, natural size 



FAM. MURID^. 



7. Peromyscus akeleyi. 



Peromyscus akeleyi. Elliot, Pub. Field Colum. Mus., 1899, 

 Feb. i, p. 226. 



This is the prevalent species of mouse throughout the Olym- 

 pic Range, or at least that portion explored by my party. It was 

 very abundant, and we were always pretty certain to find some 

 individuals in the traps every morning. The very old animals 

 were difficult to obtain, consequently the rufous colored speci- 

 mens like that described as the type were rare, the majority being 

 the darker colored examples with an almost black dorsal area. 

 Ears are quite large and prominent and the tails, especially of 



