And Sl/ll(lj)tuilll/S StoiK'L 



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tSontli Centnil New Jersey, I was anxious to see if niy specimens 

 were not referable to S. sfdiicl Rhoads rather than to *S*. co()perii 

 For this })urpose Dr. C. Hart Merriani kindly lent me a fine 

 series of fourteen skins and many skulls of >S'. coopcrii, partly 

 from his own private collection, and partly from the collection 

 of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. I also, 

 through the kindness of Mr. S. N. Rhoads, of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, had a chance to examine his type 

 of Si/iKijitoiiiy.s stoiiei and a topotype in the collection of Mr. 

 Whitmer Stone, for whom the species was named. 



In the light of this fine material, the specific character claimed 

 for S. xtoiici faded away to mere individual variation, and *S'. 

 >itj)iirl will have to stand as a synonym of S. coopcrii, pure and 

 simple. 



The list of specimens I had to work with is as follows : 



*Collection of E. A. & O. Bangs, Boston, Mass. 

 tCollection of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Locust Grove, N. J. 

 jCoUection of U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

 ^Collection of Sam'l N". Rhoads [type of S. Stonei]. 

 jjCollection of Whitmer Stone [topotype of S. Stonei]. 

 IJThese measurements taken by collector from fresh animal, all the others 

 were taken by me from dried skin, ►• 



