268 RHITHRODONTOMYS, 
Color. Above pale ferrugineous brown mixed with black; nose, 
upper lip, and under parts white; hands whitish brown; feet grayish 
brown; tail above dark brown, paler beneath. 
Measurements. Total length, 197; tail vertebre, 119; hind 
foot, 21. 
262. goldmani (Retthrodontomys!), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. Scien., 
Ill, 1901, pc 852. 
GotpMAN’s Harvest Mouse. 
Type locality. Metlaltoyuca, State of Puebla, Mexico. Altitude, 
800 feet. 
Genl. Char. Size small; similar in color to R. costaricensis, paler. 
Color. Above ochraceous fulvous, darkest on crown; side of 
nose, upper lip, chin, and under parts white; tail dusky; hands 
whitish; ankles and feet brownish; ears light brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 190; tail, 109; hind foot, 21.5. 
263. rufescens (Reithrodontomys!), Allen & Chapman, Bull. Amer. 
Mus. Nat. Hist., 1897, p. 199. 
Rurous Harvest Mouse. 
Type locality. Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Geogr. Distr. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 
Genl. Char. Similar to R. mexicanus, but larger; ears black. 
Color. Upper parts rufous mixed with black, darkest on median 
line; sides orange rufous; chin, throat, and inside of arms whitish; 
rest of under parts orange buff to buffy gray; ears black or blackish; 
tail above blackish, paler beneath; hands and feet dusky. 
Measurements. Total length, 177; tail vertebrz, 99; hind foot, 
20. Skull: total length, 23; basal length, 18.7; zygomatic width, 
11.3; interorbital constriction, 3.5; length of nasals, 9; palatal length, 
9; length of upper tooth row, 3.6. (ex Type.) 
264. tenuirostris (Reithrodontomys!), Merr., Proc. Wash. Acad. 
Scien.) Ill, 166n.p. 647 
SLENDER-NOSED Harvest Mouse. 
Type locality. Todos Santos, Guatemala. Altitude, 10,000 feet. 
Genl. Char. Size large; tail long; braincase contracted ante- 
riorly; rostrum and nasals long, slender, latter equal in length to 
premaxille. 
Color. Above deep fulvous, grading into ferrugineous on lower 
back; beneath salmon fulvous; chin whitish; tail dusky; hands and 
wrists, ankles, and feet dark brown; ears blackish brown. 
Measurements. Total length, 210; tail vertebrae, 124; hind foot, 
23. Skull: basal length, 20; zygomatic breadth posteriorly, 13; 
palatal length, 11.5; length of molar series. 4.5. (ex Type.) 
