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RODENTIA 



5 6, 9. L'Hospitalet, Ariege. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 204-209. 



6, ?. L'Hospitalet, Ariege. O. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 54-55. 



(.4. Robert.) 



4(5,4 9. Ax-les-Thermes, Ariege. , G. S. Miller (c). 8.8.4.213-220. 



5 <5, 3 ?. Luchon, Haute-Garonne. 0. Thomas (p). 6. 4. 1. 40-47. 



(.4. Robert.) 



8 6, 2 9. Caterille, Haute-Garonne. 0. Thomas (p). 6. 4. 1. 54-58. 



(.4. Robert.) 



3 J, 4 9. Bareges, Hautes- Pyrenees. G. S. MiUer (c). 8. 8. 4. 183-189. 



6. Pic-du-Midi, Hautes-Pyre- 0. Thomas (p). 8. 9. 1. 58. 



nees. (.4. Robert.) 



3 6,5 9. Pajares, Leon, Spain. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 110-117. 



(N. Gonzalez.) 



2 al. Coruna. D. V. L. Seoane 94. 3. 19. 1-2. 



(c & P). 



5 al. Villalba, Lugo. Dr. V. L. Seoane 94. 1. 1. 10-18. 



(c & p). 95. 4. 29. 2. 



2(5,2 9. Cintra, Portugal. O.Thomas (c &p). 98. 2. 2. 22-25. 



S, 9, 1. Cintra. {K. Jordan.) Hon. N. C. Roths- 10. 9. 28. 1-3. 



child (p). 



2 S. Estoril. O.Thomas (c (fc p). 98. 2. 2. 26-27. 



9. Oporto. {J. Searle.) Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 164. 



Apodemus sylvaticus dichrurus Rafinesque. 



1814. Musculus dichrurus Rafinesque, Pr6cis des Decouvertes Somio- 



logiques, p. 13 (Sicily). 

 1844. Mns pecchioli Pecchioli, Atti della quinta Unione degli Scienziati 



Italian! , Torino, 184.3, p. 426 (Tuscany, probably vicinity of 



Siena, Italy). 

 1900. Mus sylvaticus hayi Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 



p. 410 (part). 

 1910. Mus sylvaticus hayi and M. sylvaticus dichrurus Trouessart, Faune 



Mamm. d'Europe, p. 154. 



Type locality. — Sicily. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region from the 

 Balkan Peninsula to central and southern Spain. 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Ajwdemus sylvaticus callipides, but 

 colour differing from that of the other continental European 

 races in a general pallor and dulness resulting from the suppres- 

 sion of reddish tints and the predominance of yellow and grey. 



Colour. — Typical specimens from Sicily have the ground 

 colour of back a very uniform dull buffy wood-brown, slightly 

 darker along median posterior region, and slightly more greyish 

 anteriorly, the black hair tips, though numerous, nowhere 

 sufficiently abundant to produce any evident effect of clouding ; 

 sides faintly paler and more buffy, the lower portion of cheek 

 and outer surface of front leg nearly clear buff as in true 

 sylvaticus ; underparts dull white ; pectoral spot slightly developed 

 and rarely forming a collar ; tail rather less evidently bicolor 

 than in the central European form. Grey extreme : ground 

 colour above a peculiar biiffy grey, intermediate between the 

 ecru-drab and cream-buff of Ridgway, but paler than either, the 

 "lining ' jiroduccd by tlie black hairs conspicuous. Yellow 



