12S PEROMYSCUS. 



ous: ears black. Tail black above, grayish white below; feet grayish 

 white. 



Mfiisur ements. Average total length, 168.33; tail vertebrae, 76.66; 

 hind foot. 22. 



162. anastasiae. {Peromyscus), Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc, i8g8, p. 195. 

 Typt loiality. Point Romo, Anastasia Island, Florida. 



Geogr. Distr. Anastasia Island, Florida. 



Genl. Char. Size small, colors pale. 



Color. Above brown mixed with buffy; cheeks and lower sides 

 buff; beneath grayish white; tail above at base buff; rest dusky; 

 beneath white; feet white; ears dusk}'. 



Measurements. Total length. 165; tail vertebrae, 69.5; hind foot. 

 21 ; ear. 16.5. 



163. insulanus. (Peroiiiysius), Bangs. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



1898. p. 196. 



Type locality. Cumberland Island. Georgia. 



Geogr. Distr. Cumberland, and Ossabaw(?) Islands. Georgia. 



Genl. Char. Size small: tail short; hind foot large. 



Color. Above drab, or yellowish drab, darkest on dorsal region; 

 beneath white; tail dull gray above, white below. Feet white; ears 

 dusky. 



Measurements. Total length, 168: tail vertebra;, 68; hind foot, 

 22: ear from notch, 17. 



164. canadensis. (Pitomys), Miller. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1893, 



P- 55- 



gracilis/ Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien, 1855, p. 442. 



myoides, Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 472. 



Type locality. Peterboro, Madison county, New York. 



Geogr. Distr. Spruce forest of New Brunswick, south to central 

 New York and western Massachusetts. 



Genl. Char. Larger than P. americanus : longer, more hairy tail, 

 and less russet coloration. 



Color. Above wood brown, tinged with yellow; under parts 

 whitish; tail Vandyke brown above; whitish beneath. 



Measurements. Total length, 200; tail vertebra^, 100; hind 

 foot. 21.4. 



a. — abietorum. (Peromvscus). Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1896, 

 p. 49. 

 Type locality. James River, Nova Scotia. 

 Geogr. Distr. Nova Scotia, range not defined. 

 Genl. Char. Similar to P. canadensis, but color uniform. 



