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[Mustela vulgaris] b. albipes, page 54. Type locality, cultivated re- 

 gions [probably of Le Madonie] . 



These two names, based on local variations in Mustela nivalis bocca- 

 unld, have thirty-two years priority over Putorius nivalis siculus Barrett- 

 Hamilton should the Sicilian form eventually be recognized as distinct. 



[Mus musculus] var. melanogaster, page 70. Type locality, Sicily. 

 [Mus musculus] var. albinus, page 70. Type locality, Sicily. 

 [Mus musculus] var. rubicunda, page 70. Type locality, low country 

 of Le Madonie. Sicily. 

 Three synonyms of Mus musculus azoricus (Schinz), 1845. 



[Mus sylvaticus] var. griseus, page 72. Type locality, Sicily. 



\lns sylvaticus] var. isabellinus, page I'l. Type locality, Sicily. 

 Two synonyms of Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus (Rafinesque), 1814. 

 The first antedates Mus arianus griseus True, 1894, * which may be 

 replaced by Apodemus flavicollis rusiges. 



—Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



* Proc.U.S. Nat. Mus.. XVII, p. 8, Maj 8, L894. Type localitj . central Kashmir. The 

 animal is a member of the Ipodemua flavicollis group, Though its status is nut defi- 

 uitelj understood a name seems desirable. 



