PEROMYSCUS 120 



Color. Uniform dark smoke gray above, darker along median 

 line: under parts and feet white; tail black above, white below. 

 .\ftasutfments. Total length, 200; tail, 103; hind foot, 20. 



b. umbrinui. [Feromysciis), Miller, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1897, 

 p. 23. 



'jypf locality. Peninsula Harbbr, northwestern extremity of 

 Lake Superior, Ontario. 



Gcogr. Dislr. Not determined. 



Genl. Char. Smaller than P. caiiadi-nsis, but the proportions 

 similar; skull more slender, rostrum lighter and longer, and thezj'go- 

 mata less flaring. 



Color. Back and sides light yellowish brown, suffused with 

 black, darkest on median line of back; orbital ring and patch at base 

 of whiskers black; ears nearly black; tail well haired, black above, 

 white beneath; under parts and feet white. 



Measurements. Average total length, 175; tail vertebr;p, 88.2; 

 hind foot, 19.2; ear, 17.6. 



c. — rmbiterrne. [Peromyscus), Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1896, p. 187. 



Type locality. Roan Mountain, MitchellCounty, North Carolina. 



Gcogr. Distr. Summits of Southern AUeghanies? 



Genl. Char. Smaller than P. americanus : tail longer, color 

 darker. 



Color. Aliove cinnamon, with median black stripe from crown 

 to root of tail. Beneath white, base of hairs soot}-. Ears dusky. 

 Space around eyes sooty. Tail above sooty brown, below white. 



.\feasiiremcnls. Total length, 170; tail vertebrae', 87; hind 

 foot, 20.5. 



165. akeleyi. {^Peromyscus), ^XWoK, Pub. Field Columb. Mus., 1899, 

 I, p. 253. Zoology. 



Type locality. Johnson's Ranch, Elwah River, Clallath County, 

 Washington. 



Geogr. Distr. Region of Olympic Mountains, Washington. 



Genl. Char. Boylii group, but of smaller size: ears smaller; tail 

 shorter. 



Color. Above brownish fulvous; brightest on llanks; dorsal area 

 darker; legs, feet and under parts pure white. Ears nearly naked, 

 purplish brown; indistinct black orbital ring. Tail above dark brown, 

 below white. 



Measurements. Total length, 185; tail vertebra, 99; hind foot, 

 21 : car, 15. 



