MUS 



871 



1 al. Alderney, Channel Is- W. Eagle Clarke (p). 98. 9. 20. 7. 

 lands. 

 2 c5, 3 ?. Holme, Mandal, Nor- R. J. Cuninghame 8. 8. 9. 14-18. 

 way. (c & p). 



6. Unfcervatz, Grisons, 0. Thomas (p). 4.4.5.45. 



Switzerland. 



(E. H. ZolUkofer.) 

 3 <^, 9. St. Gallen. 0. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 41-44. 



(E. H. ZolUkofer.) 



Mus MUSCULUS AZORicas Schinz. 



1845. M[us] asorlcus Schinz, Synops. Mamm., ii, p. 161 (Azores). 



1355. Mitsculus moUissimus Dehne, Allgem. deutsche Naturhist. Zeitung, 



Dresden, neue Folge, i, p. 443. (Monte Pollino, Basilicata, 



Italy). 



Type locality. — Azore Islands. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region ; Azores. 



Diagnosis. — General colour less dusky and more yellowish 

 than in M. musculus musculm, the underparts buffy greyish. 



Measurements. — Adult male and female from Elche, Alicante, 

 Spain : head and body, 84 and 84 ; tail, 92 and 86 ; hind foot, 

 18 and 18' 4; ear, 14 '8 and 14. Two adult females from near 

 Nimes, Gard, France : head and body, 88 and 91 ; tail, 86 and 

 88; hind foot, 17 '5 and 17*5; ear, 13 "5 and 14*4. Average 

 and extremes of ten adults from Sorrento, Italy : head and body, 

 85-5 (78-93); tail, 88-6 (82-94); hind foot, 17-7 (17-18-6'). 

 Average and extreme of ten adults from Palermo, Sicily : head 

 and body, 85-7 (82-92); tail, 82-2 (78-85); hind foot, 17-4 

 (17-18 •4). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 872. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and ninety, from the following 

 localities : — 



Portugal : San Miguel, Azores, 6 ; Estoril, 1 ; Cintra, 2. 



Spain: Pajares, Leon, 2; Silos, Burgos, 2; B6jar, Salamanca, 3; 

 Dehesa de Valencia, Valencia, 1 ; Elche, Alicante, 2 ; Venta del Baul, 

 Granada, 5 ; San Cristobal, Minorca, Balearic Islands, 1. 



France : Biarritz, Basses-Pyr6n6es, 2 ; Ax-les-Thermes, Arifege, 1 ; 

 I'Hospitalet, Ari^ge, 1 ; Porte, Pyr6n6es-Orientales, 1 ; near Nimes, 

 Gard, 8 ; St. Gilles, Gard, 1 ; St. Pai^. Basses-Alpes, 6 ; La Poce di 

 Vizzavona, Corsica, 1. 



Italy : Acceglio, Cuneo, 1 ; Calappiano, Empoli, 3 ; Florence, 11 

 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Rome, 2 ; Sorrento, 24 (U.S.N.M.) ; Marsala, 

 Sicily, 1 ; Palermo, Sicily, 59 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Taormina, Sicilv, 10 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Lanusei, Sardinia, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Greece: Corfu, 22; Patras, G; Athens, 4 (U.S.N.M.); Argostoli, 

 Cephalonia, 1. 



5 6, ?. San Miguel, Azores. Hon. W. Rothschild 3. 6. 5. 17-22. 

 (W.B.Ogilvie-Grant.) (p). 



S. Estoril, Portugal. 0. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 2. 36. 



6, 9. Cintra. O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 2. 28-29. 



6, 9. Pajares, Leon. O. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 133-134. 

 (N. Gonzalez.) 



9. Silos, Burgos. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 109. 



