162 NEOTOMA. 



of breast, inside of hind legs and feet white; rest of under parts 

 soiled grayish buff. Tail, above sooty blackish, beneath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 318; tail vertebrae, 160; hind foot, 

 35; ear, 28. 



a.—gilv'i. (A'eo/oma), Rhoads, Am. Nat., 1894, p. 70. 



veniista. True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash., 1894, p. 354. 



Type locality. Banning, California. 



Geogr. Distr. San Gorgonio Pass, and western edge of the 

 Colorado Desert. 



Genl. Char. Similar to yV. intcr?i!edia, but paler in coloration, 

 and smaller. 



Color. Above brownish gray lined with black, with a slight 

 tinge of reddish on sides and top of rump; sides pale yellowish 

 brown; top of head grayish. Feet and under parts white, pinkish 

 tinge on belly, and plumbeous at base of hairs showing through 

 everywhere. Tail, above like back at base, remainder black, be- 

 neath white. 



Measurements. Total length, 294; tail vertebra;, 135; hind foot, 

 26; ear, 30.5. 



h.—albiguln. [N'eotoma), Hartley, Proc. Calif. Acad. Scien., 1894, 

 p. 157, pi. xii. 



Type locality. Fort Lowell, Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. Southern and western Arizona. 



Genl. Char. Similar to both N. intermedia and N. mexicana, but 

 the yellow ground color of upper parts and sides is deeper, and the 

 general color is lighter. 



Color. Above pale yellowish brown mixed with black, central 

 line on back darker; sides pale yellow mixed with a pale brown; 

 feet dusky white. Under parts grayish white, except throat which 

 is pure white to base of hairs. Tail, blackish brown above, soiled 

 white beneath. Ears, light brown on naked part. 



Measurements. Total length, 342; tail vertebrte, 153; hind 

 foot, 32. 



c.—'ingusticeps. {Neotoma), Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1894, 

 p. 127. 



Type locality. Southwest corner Grant County, New Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Southwestern New Mexico and adjacent parts of 

 Mexico. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N'. albigula, ears smaller, color more 

 fulvous. 



Color. Above fulvous; ochraceous buff on head, lined with 



