NO. 1147. MAMMALS OF THE CATSIilLI, MOUNTAINS— M EARNS. 340 



trapped. Those speciiineiis arc, iniidi siiialler than those from Tli^hlaiid 

 Falls, New York. Skull, No. .S;il 1«, U.S.N.M. collection, measures 28 by 

 KJmm. in its great«ist (liamctors, and No. s;U17 (U.S.N.M.) 27 by 15mm., 

 both being' adult males.' In the llesh these two s|)ec,imens j^ave the fol- 

 lowing average measurements: Ijcngth, 177 mm.; tail vertebra', 5.*i.5; 

 head, 33.5; hind foot, 22.5; ear from crown, 7.5; ear from notch, 12.5. 

 Tlu'se dimensions Jigroe (juite (ilosely with those of a sei'ies of Microfns 

 jjcnnfii/lranicus from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, but are considerably 

 smaller tlijin specimens from Highland Falls, New York, which latter 

 hav<'- the skull high(5rand less llattened. The coloration of the Catskill 

 s])ecimens is not a|)pre(Mably dilVeicnt from tiiat of the seiies from 

 Highland Falls, on the Lower Hudson. 



MICROTUS CHROTORRHINUS (Miller). 

 UU FOUS-NOSEI) >IJ0Al)()\V-MOrSE. 



()n(5 adult nuiie was trai)ped in a pile of moss-covered rocks on a 

 shoulder ol" Hunter Mountain, at an altitude of about 3,500 feet, August 

 25, 1800. Many traps were subsetpuuitly ])lac(Ml about this spot, but 

 no others were caught. This specimen (No. 831 14, IJ.H.N.M.^) gave th(? 

 following measurements: Length, 171 mm.; tail v(Mtebra', 50; ear from 

 crown, 8.5; ear from notch, 11 ; head, 32; hind foot, 20. Though agree- 

 ing in cranical (diaracters with the ty[)e of Microtus chrotorrhinuHj it is 

 less yellowish about the nose and face. 



EVOTOMYS GAPPERI f Vigors). 

 RED HACK KI) MOUSE. 



I refer forty-five red backed mice collected in the Cafskills to Evo- 

 toinijH (jappcri (Vigors), and not to the subspetn'es ochra<;<'AiH of Miller.'' 

 Nevertheless they are slightly more yellowish than those from near the 

 type locality of EootomyH {/(ipjfcri, this trilling variation being in the 

 direction of I'Jrotomi/s {/ajtperi ochroceuM. 



This mouse was not fouml on the immediate banks of Schoharie 

 Creek, though such Canadian forms as Tamias Htriattia lynteri, Pero- 

 mi/.scns ctmadenals, Sorex J'iiinei(.s, and Zapus hiHignis wei'c there; in 

 abuiulance. It was met with in woorls close to Kaateiskill .hnujtion 

 (altitude, 1,700 feet), and on the lower 8lo|)es of ICast Kill Mountain, 

 on the opposite (right) side of Schoharie Creek, at the level of about 

 2,000 feet. Above these points it increased in abundance until, on the 

 summit of IJunter Mountain (altitude, 4,025 feet), it became so numer- 



'SkullH of MirjoluH pennHyh-aniciia fioin Ilitrhiiiiid Falls, New York, iixjasure SO..'* 

 by 16. .'i III III. 



'•'The skinned body, in alcohol, iw iiuuibered H2[W2. 



•'Proc. lioBt. Hoc. Nat. IliHt., 1S'.»4, XXVI, p. VS.', (froiii Moiiiil, Wasliiii^lori, New 

 llaujpHhiie). 



