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RODENTIA 



1. Somerset. {Hiigel) E. R. Alston (p). 79'. 9. 25. 62. 



1. Holstein, Germany. Purchased (Brandt). 47. 4. 5. 2. 



1. Strassbm-g, Alsace. C. Mottaz (c). 8. 8. 10. 90. 



MiCROMYS MINUTUS PRATENSIS Ockskav. 



1831. Mus pratensis Ockskay, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.- 

 Carol. Nat. Cur., xv, pt. ii, p. 243, pi. lxviii (Western Hungary). 



1882. Mus arundinaceus Pet6nyi, Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, v, p. 142. 



1900. Mus 77iinutus pratensis Barrett-Hainilton, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 7th ser., v, p. 580, June, 1900. 



1910. Mus (Apodemus) minutus pratensis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. 157. 



Type locality. — Western Hungary.* 



Geograpical distribution. — Hungary and Roumania ; limits of 

 range not known. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Micromys minutus .soricinus, but head 

 and anterior half of body decidedly greyish. 



Colour. — Posterior half of back together with outer surface 

 of hind legs as in 31. soricinus. Head and anterior half of body 

 a buffy grey, darker and more brownish along median dorsal 

 region, lighter and more nearly smoke-grey on sides of neck and 

 shoulders, deepening gradually to a buffy ochraceous posteriorly. 

 Underparts and inner surface of legs sharply defined creamy 

 white, to which the slaty basal portion of the hairs imparts a 

 bluish tinge. Feet a dull indefinite buffy brown. Tail rather 

 sharply bicolor, dark brown above, pale buffy below. 



Measurements. — Adult female from Gageni, Roumania : head 

 and body, 63; tail, 55; hind foot, 14*5; ear from meatus, 9. 

 Four adults from Csallokoz-Somorja, Pressburg, Hungary : hind 

 foot, 13-2, 13-6, 14 and 14. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, from the following localities : — 

 AusTRiA-HuNGABY : Csallokoz-Somorja, Pressburg, Hungary, G ; Cepin, 

 near Eszek, Slavonia, 2 (in spirit). 

 Roumania : Gageni, Prahova, 1. 



Bemarls. — The few specimens examined indicate that this is 

 a well-defined race. 



G. Csallokoz-Somorja, Press- Budapest Museum (e). 94. 8. 1. 53-58. 

 burg, Hungary. 

 2al. Cepin, Slavonia. Budapest Museum (e). 94. 7. 23. 11-12. 



9 Gageni, Prahova, Ron- Lord Lilford (p). 4. 4. G. 49. 



mania. [W. Dodson.) 



* "Frequentius occurrit in Comitatus Nittrienses, valle Vagi." 



