348 I'liocEKhiNdS OF Till': wirios.u. mi si: cm. 



Mcasurfmcnts. — Avorapfo of five julults: Leiij;tli, L*14 iimi.; tail vcrto- 

 l)ra!, 127 (to end of caudal pencil, 133); length of liind foot and <!law, 

 30.3; oar from ciown, !().(»; ear from noteli, 13.7; length of head, 25.2. 

 Mamma', four i)air8. 



ZAPUS INSIGNIS Miller. 

 WOODLAND .IHMl'ING-MOUSE. 



Al)undant on Seholiaiie Creek, where it was tra])i»ed in tiie .same 

 j)laees as the meadow Jumpin^-nionse {Zajms kiulsonins). In some 

 instances both species were taken, on different nights, in the same 

 trap, set in one spot. One was trai)pe(l under a. fallen spruce, at the 

 altitude of 3,()(M> feet, on Munter Mountain. In all, nine spe(!imen8 

 were ] (reserved. 



This beautiful mammal is at least partially diurnal. When lishing 

 from some high rocks beside Schoharie Creek I saw several of them 

 beneath some laurel bushes on tlie bank, i^'emahvs have four i)airs of 

 mamiuic, distributed from the inter-liumeral to the intci- femoral legion. 

 Females are slightly larger and heavier than males. 



McoHurcmcnU, — Avcirage of two adult males: Length, 21';") mm.; tail 

 to end of vertebra', 137.5 (to <Mid of caudal pencil, I 15); hind foot, .'{O.S; 

 ear from crown, 12.5; <^ar from m^tch, 10.3; head, 20.8. Average of 

 four adult females: Length, 230.5; tail vertebra', 140 (to eiul of hairs, 

 155); lengtii of hiiul foot, 31.4; ear from crown, 13.1; ear from iiotcli, 

 10.4; head, 27.2. 



FIBER ZIBETHICUS (Linnaeus). 

 Ml'SKllAT. 



The muskrat is abundant at Kaaterskill Lake. It is also said to 

 occur along Scholiarie Creek, but we saw no signs of it there. 



SYNAPTOMYS FATUUS Bangs. 

 irilDSONIAN LKMMlNCi-MOUSK 



A single specinu'ii of this sju'cies was trapped lu'.ar the summit of 

 Hunter Mountain, the lo(;ality being a nuirshy place strewn with fallen 

 trees, at the altitude of 3,900 feet. Microtus liennsylvanicua was caught 

 in thesames])ot. Thiss])ecinjen (No. S3100, TT.S.N.M.),anearly matui-e 

 female, measured : Length, 125 mm.; tail vertebra', 20; caudal pencil, 

 3.5; ear from crown, 7; ear from notch, 11; head, 28; hind foot, 18.5. 



MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS (Old). 



f'OMMON MEADOW-MOUSE. 



Si)ecimens were taken from lields bordering Schoharie ('reek (alti- 

 tu<le, 1,700 feet) and on the ridge of Hunter Mountain at the altitude of 

 3,000 feet, the same spot iu which the only si)ccimen of Synaptomynwns 



