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f Lemmus yukonensis Merriam. 



Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 2 : 27, Mar. 14, 1900. 

 98849. Skin and skull. Young adult female. Charlie Creek, Yukon 



River, Alaska. August 9, 1899. Collected by W. H. Osgood. 



Original number 769. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; sliull Grade A. 



Genus LOPHIOMYS Deperet 

 *Lophiomys thomasi Heller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 59 (16) : 4, July 5, 1912. 

 181789. Skin and skull. Adult male. Mount Gargues (Uaragess), 

 altitude 6,000 feet, Mathews Range, British East Africa [= Ken- 

 ya]. September 1, 1911. Collected by Edmund Heller. Orig- 

 inal number 4206. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



Genus MICROTUS Schrank 



*Microtus abbreviatus Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 13 : 13, Jan. 31, 1899. 

 ?^^. Skin and skull. Young- adult female. Hall Island, Bering 



22429 ^ 



Sea, Alaska. September 8, 1885. Collected by C. H. Townsend. 



Considering its history, the skin is in good condition. It has been remade 

 into a modern study skin. Miller {loc. cit.) writes: "Mr. Townsend tells me 

 that the specimen was preserved dry. It was received at the National 

 Museum in September 1886, and its subsequent history is not known. It 

 was found in a bottle of alcohol in October, 1898." Skull Grade B. 



f Microtus abbreviatus fisheri Merriam. 



Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 2 : 23, Mar. 14, 1900. 

 97976. Skin and skull. Adult male. St. Matthew Island, Bering 

 Sea, Alaska. July 15, 1899. Collected by A. K. Fisher. Original 

 number 2189. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



jArvicola (Mynomes) alticolus Merriam. 



North Amer. Fauna 3 : 67, Sept. 4, 1890. 

 =Microtus longicaudus alticola (Merriam). See Goldman, Journ. Mamm. 

 19 : 491, Nov. 14, 1938. 



11^. Skin and skull. Adult female. Little Spring, San Francisco 

 24.551 



Mountain, altitude 8,200 feet, Coconino County, Ariz. July 31, 

 1889. Collected by C. Hart Merriam and Vernon Bailey. Orig- 

 inal number 243. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade B. 



