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tail " less than the trunk," and "the color above reddish brown, lined with 

 very dark brown." The specimens from Florida examined by me are 

 mainly of the gray type, and hence like S. Berlandieri, but some were de- 

 cidedly rufous, or like S. hispidus. In "Mammals of North America,' 

 measurements of specimens of the so-called X. Berlandieri are given, and 

 of" twelve of S. hispidus. In the latter the length of the tail to the length 

 of the trunk is as 69 to 100 ; in the former (.S'. Berlandieri) as G3 to 100 ! 

 It hence appears from Professor Baird's own measurements that the X. 

 Berlandieri is far from having the tail relatively the longer. The other 

 distinctions are based on too few specimens to have much value, since indi- 

 vidual variations of the same character are common. 



32. Arvicola pinetorum LeConte. Pine Mouse. 



Psammomys pinetorum. LeCoxte, Ann. N. Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist., Ill, 132, pi. ii, 



1820. 

 Arvicola scalopsoides Add. & Bach., Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VIII, 299, 



1 842. 

 Arvicola pinetorum. Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., II, 216, pi. lxxx, 1851. 

 Arvicola [Pitymys) pinetorum Baird, N. Am. Mam., 544, 1857. 

 Included on the authority of Audubon and Bachman, who state that 

 they had received it from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. 

 Professor Baird also cites specimens from Georgia and Louisiana. 

 This is the most southern of the Arvicolce, and the only one, except 

 A. austerus, whose habitat includes the Gulf States. 



LEPORIDJE. 



33. Lepus sylvaticus Bach. Gray Rabbit. 

 Lepus amcricanus Desm., Mam., II, 351, 1822. — ILuilan, Faun. Amer., 193, 



L825. 

 Lcjhi* sylvaticus Bach., Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 1837. — Waterh., 



Nat. Hist. Mam., II, 116, 1S48.— Aun. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., I, 173, 



pi. xxii, 1849. — Baird, Mam. N. Am., 597, 1857. 



Abundant. Mr. Maynard obtained a specimen but a few weeks old, 

 at Dummitt's, as early as the lGth of February 



34. Lepus palustris Bachman. Marsh Rabbit. 

 Lepus palustris Ba< ii , Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 194, 336, pi. xv, xvi, 

 1837; Ibid., VIII, 79, 1 8 39. — Aun. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., I, 151, 

 pi. xviii, 1849. — I5.\iki>, Mam. X. Am., 615, ls.">7. — Coues, Proc. Bust. 

 Sue. Nat. [list., XIII, 86, 1869. 

 Common, especially on the Lower St. John's.* 



my <>f this species a paper by Dr. Elliott Coues, Proceed. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. lli^t., Vol. XIII, pp. tO - 101, June, 1669. 



