62 Howell — Notes on the Distribution of Certain Mammals. 

 Neotoma pennsylvanica Stone. 



ALLEGHENY CAVE RAT. 



This si)ecies, known inwinnsly from New York to Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky ( Mammoth Cave), and provisionaUy reported from North Caro- 

 lina* and Alal>ama,t was taken at tliree localities in southern Tennessee 

 and northern Alabama, and indications of its presence were found as far 

 soutli as Talladega, Alabama. No signs of them were discovered in 

 Georgia, but tiie mountainous jjortions of the State are well suited to 

 their habits and they will probably be found to occur locally. Tliey were 

 taken as high as 4,000 feet in Virginia, and as low as 800 feet in Tennessee 

 ( Lawrenceburg). It is strictly a clitt' rat and is likely to be fouml in rocky 

 bluffs or caves throughout the Transition and Upper Austral Zones. 



Records were obtained of their occurrence at the following localities: 



Virginia: Rich Mountain (at 4,000 feet) near Tazewell (al)undant in 

 crevices and caves in the clitls at the summit; 4 .specimens). 



Tennessee: Walden Ridge, near Soddy (nmnerous signs fomul about 

 rocky bluffs; 1 specimen); Lawrenceburg (abundant in bluffs along 

 creek ; 1 specimen ) . 



Alabama: Monte Sano, east of Huntsville (common in caves on the 

 mountain at 1,500 feet; 2 specimens); Rebecca Mountains, 10 miles 

 south of Talladega (old signs seen about cliffs at 1,800 feet). 



Evotomys carolinensis Merriam. 

 CAROLINA RED-BACKED MOUSE. 

 This handsome mouse was found to be numerous in a cool, shaded 

 ravine in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where three specimens were trapped 

 July 28 and 29. Efforts were made to secure them on the mountains of 

 northern Georgia, but although traps were set in suitable places for several 

 nights, none was caught. 



Microtus pinetorum auricularis Bailey. 



BLl'EGKASS VOLE. 



Specimens have been received by the Biological Survey from the follow- 

 ing localities: 



'Tennessee: High Cliff, Campbell County, 2; Watauga Valley, 1. 

 Microtus pinetorum netnoralis Bailey. 



WOODLAND VOLE. 

 Two specimens taken at Mansfield, Louisiana, January 25, 1908, are 

 intermediate between auricularis and nemoralis, but seem nearer to the 

 latter form. The skulls agree with those of nemoralis, but the hind feet 

 are somewhat shorter. 



Fiber zibethicus (Linnaeus). 



MUSKRAT. 



The Mnskrat ranges in the South through upi>er South Carolina and 



the nortliern parts of (Georgia, Alal)ama and Mississippi. As stated by 



• Rhoads, I'roc Acart. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 18%, p. 192. 

 + Rhoads, ,)ourii. Ciiifiiiiiati Soc. Nat. Hist., XIX, p. 5:}, 189". 



