APODEMUS 



813 



6, 9. Asco, Corsica. O. Thomas (i-). 8. 11. 30. 7-8. 

 {Br. F. Mujur.) 



2. La Foce di Vizzavona, Col. J. W. Yerbury 93. 9. 15. 4-5. 



Corsica. (p). 



3 al. Corsica. Col. J. W. Yerbury 98. 9. 15. 6-8. 



2(5. Montenegro. (L.^i^/Z/f/w.) O. Thomas (p). 5.8.4.16-17. 



6, ?. North Albania. O. Thomas (p). 5. 8. 4. 36, 37. 



(L. Filhrer.) 



6. Potamos, Corfu, Greece. J. I. S.Whitaker (p). 8.10.1.10. 



6. Cephalonia. C. Mottaz (c). 8. 11. 3. 11. 



8 <i, 4 ?. Cephalonia. (C. Mottaz.) J. I. S. Whitaker (p). 8. 10. 1. 11-22. 



6. Itaci, Athens. Hon. N. C. Boths- 8. 10. 2. 26. 



(C. Mottaz.) child (p). 



4 ?. Tatoi, Athens. Hon. N. C. Roths- 8. 10. 2. 33-36. 



(C. Mottaz.) child (p). 

 9. Kephissia, Athens. Hon. N. C. Roths- 8. 10. 2. 37. 



(C. Mottaz.) child (p). 



Apodemus sylvaticus creticus Miller. 



1910. Apodemus sylvaticus creticus Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 8th ser., vi, p. 460, November, 1910. 



Type locality. — Katharo, Crete. 



GeograpJiical distribution. — ^Island of Crete. 



Diagnosis. — Size small, e.ssentially as in true A. sylvaticus, but 

 colour paler and more yellowish. 



Colour. — Ground colour of upper parts a clear, light, yellowish 

 cream-buff without greyish tinge, except occasionally on crown 

 and neck, scarcely different on sides away from line of 

 demarcation, where it becomes slightly more yellowish ; back 

 heavily "lined " with black, this diminishing rather abruptly on 

 sides. Underparts and feet white, the region from interramia 

 to base of tail dulled by the blackish-slate undercolour. Tail 

 sharply bicolor, dark brown above, white below. Ear dark 

 brown sprinkled with silvery hairs which tend to form a narrow, 

 faintly defined whitish edging. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth are smaller than in the 

 other Mediterranean forms, but are not certainly distinguishable 

 from those of A. sylcaticus sylvaticus. 



Measurements. — Type (adult female) : head and body, 88 ; 

 tail, 88; hind foot, 21; ear from meatus, 17. Average and 

 extremes of six adults from Katharo and Kania, Crete : head 

 and body, 84-6 (80-88); tail, 87-8 (86-89); hind foot, 21-5 

 (21-22); ear from meatus, 16 '5 (16-17). For cranial measure- 

 ments see Table, p. 823. 



Specimens examined. — Six, all from the island of Crete (two from 

 Kanea, the others from Katharo). 



Remarks. — The Cretan form of Apodemus sylcaticus combines 

 the small size of the typical race with the dull yellowish colour 

 ■of A. sylvaticus dichrurus. 



2 (?, 2 9. Katharo, Crete. • Miss D. Bate (c). 5. 12. 2. 25-28. 



(5. 12. 2. 27. T///JC of subspecies.) 

 6, 9. Kanea. Miss D. Bate (c). 5. 12. 2. 29-30. 



