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which permeate the sphagnum and are the joint highways of sev- 

 eral species of mice and the Long-tailed Shrew. Since that time 

 Mr. S. N. Rhoads and I have procured specimens from various 

 parts of the pine barrens, even as far west as the Bear Swamp just 

 east of Medford. 



Everywhere it frequents the same sort of locality and is asso- 

 ciated with Synaptomys cooperi, though it seems far more plen- 

 tiful. 



In the Walkill Valley, near Long Lake, Suffolk County, Mr. 

 Rhoads has obtained the true Red-Backed Mouse of the north 

 Mvotomys gapperi (Vigors), a slightly brighter, redder animal 

 than the pine barren variety and with less massive teeth (Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sciences Phila., 1897, p. 27). It probably occurs else- 

 where in the northern tier of counties and intermediate examples 

 may be found in bogs of the intervening country. 



(a) Bvotomys gapperi rhoodsi Stone, Amer. Nat., 1893, p. 55. 

 —Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 94. 



(b) Bvotomys gapperi Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1897, p. 27.— Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 92. 



Genus Microtus Schrank. 

 Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord. 



Meadow Mouse. 

 Pirates 22 and 24, Fig. i. 



Length 6.50 inches. Body thick, compact ; legs short ; ears very 

 short. Dark brown above with a general admixture of black 

 hairs, shading gradually into gray on the under surface. The 

 color of the upper part varies considerably, some individuals being 

 decidedly blackish, others tinged with tawny. The under surface 

 varies also to dull buff. 



This mouse is very widely distributed from the bogs of the 

 pine barrens to the dry sandy hillsides of the uplands and from 

 the salt meadows, inland to the cornfields of the farmer. While 



