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three from " Puget Sound " ; 2 from east of Colville, Wash. ; 1 from 

 Monterey, Calif. ; 2 from Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, Mexico ; 

 1 from New Mexico; and 1 without locality. All are therefore co- 

 types, althou<;h some at least probably represent another species. 

 In a subsequent paper, H. Allen (1894) described a specimen from 

 Easton, Wash., as representing what he considered " typical V. evotis 

 of the monoorraph" (1864). Easton lies about 55 miles inland from 

 Puget Sound. We are informed by Mr. Vernon Bailey that the 

 faunal aspect of the locality is such that the occurrence of the coast 

 form or of an intermediate between the coast form and chrysonotus 

 is to be anticipated. The specimens described by H. Allen can not 

 now be determined as to subspecies. 



Miller (1897), overlooking this definite statement of H. Allen, 

 selected Monterey, Calif., as the type locality, whereby the specimen 

 (which can not now be found in the National Museum) from that 

 place became, according to Lyon and Osgood (1909), the lectotype. 

 However, H. Allen's earlier (1894) action can only be interpreted as 

 fixing the type locality in western Washington. He originally had 

 three specimens from this region, all taken at " Puget Sound." One 

 of these is still in the National Museum (No. 5391). A specimen 

 labeled " Puget Sound " now in the collection of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (No. 1808) was received many 

 years ago from the Smithsonian Institution and is probably another 

 of H. Allen's cotypes. 



Distribution. — Humid coast region from southern British Co- 

 lumbia and western Washington southward to northwestern Cali- 

 fornia. (See map 7, p. 112.) 



Intergradation with the subspecies chu^sonotus characterized by its 

 clearer, golden color takes place in northern California. A skin from 

 Sisson, Siskiyou County, Calif. (No. 95454 U.S.N.M.), is practically 

 indistinguishable in color from those taken in British Columbia east 

 of the coast range. These are somewhat paler than those from the 

 more saturate area near the seaboard and are more or less inter- 

 mediate between the typical race and M. evotis chrysonotus. 



Diagnosis. — General hue of upper parts dull, nearly the clay color 

 of Ridgway (1912), without golden cast. 



Color. — Color above, a uniform yellowish buff with a distinct 

 olivaceous cast, nearly " clay color " (Ridgway, 1912), the tips of the 

 hairs faintly glossy. A blackish-brown spot, usually rather ill 

 defined, at the shoulder. Lower surfaces pale buffy. The bases of 

 the hairs both above and below are plumbeous black. Ears blackish, 

 membranes blackish brown. 



In skins from Washington and British Columbia the dull yellow 

 tips of the long hairs of the back seem shorter than in the southern 



