406 MURIDA—EVOTOMYS 
Synonymy :—The first three items refer to the species glareolus ; 
the remainder to the British sub-species d7z¢annzcus. Schreber’s descrip- 
tion and figure of g/areolus are so poor that doubts have been expressed 
(by Miller) as to the identity of the animal thus named, but, since 
Melchior applied the name g/areolus to the Danish HEvotomys, and 
nothing in Schreber’s description is inconsistent with Melchior’s deter- 
mination, the name, which has been widely accepted, is entitled to stand, 
thus avoiding resuscitation of Melchior’s hercynicus. The species 
was mentioned for the first time by Pallas (Vove Species Quad e Glirium, 
247), who considered it a variety of his Wms rutilus. 
Terminology and local names:—The species is not distinguished 
locally, the following being merely book names:—Bank Campagnol 
(translating the technical name rzparza), Yarrell, 1832; Jenyns, 1835. 
Bank Vole} Bell} ed: i, 1837, and) ‘ed! it; 1874, Wydekkens 1605) 
Thomas, 1898; Johnston, 1903; Millais, 1905; and most modern 
authors. Red or Meadow Vole, MacGillivray, 1838. Red Field Vole, 
Alston, in Bell, ed. ii., 1874. Red Vole or Wood Vole, Johnston, 
1903. Red-backed Meadow-Mouse, English. Red-backed Mouse of 
American writers. The word “vole” being, as explained above 
(p. 398), objectionable, the name “ Bank Mouse” would seem to be 
appropriate. 
History and status:—The Bank Mouse of Britain was first 
described in 1832 by Yarrell, who believed it to be new to science. 
Soon afterwards, specimens were forthcoming from several counties, 
and Bell rightly referred them to the present species already known by 
several synonyms. Jenyns also reached the same conclusion (Aun. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist., Jane 1841, 270) after examining one taken by William 
Thompson at Aberarder, Inverness-shire (see Charlesworth’s Mag. Vaz. 
FTist., 2nd ser., iii., 1839, 585). Other early discoverers of it were Selby 
in Northumberland (WZag. Zool. and Bot., ii.. 1838, 92); Eyton in 
Shropshire (Ann. Nat. Hist., Feb. 1840, 397), and Bond in Middlesex 
(Zoologist, 1887, 425). In Scotland it was first identified by MacGillivray, 
who, previously to 1838, examined specimens taken by Weir at Bathgate, 
Linlithgowshire ; Edward also found it in Banffshire (Smiles’s Lzfe of a 
Scotch Naturalist, ed. i., 1876, App., 393). It was long reputed a rarity, 
as shown by the comparatively recent dates of first records for many 
counties where it is now well known, and it was not until after the 
introduction of efficient methods of trapping that its status in Britain 
was recognised. Although far below specific rank, the British Bank 
Mouse is, from its deep coloration, an easily recognisable sub-species 
when a series of specimens are examined. 
Distribution :—The species g/areolus is found usually in wooded 
districts, but not in the higher mountains, through boreal and temperate 
Europe, exclusive of the Iberian Peninsula, from Scotland, Skandinavia, 
