DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF WOOD-RAT 

 FROM ARIZONA. 



BY FLORA HARTLEY 



Neotoma albigula sp. nov. Plate xii. 



l>pe No. 1336, ? ad., Museum of Leland Stanford 

 Junior University. From the vicinity of Ft. Lowell, 

 Arizona. Collected June 14, 1893, by W. W. Price and 

 R. L. Wilbur. 



General characters. — In size very similar to Neotoma 

 mexicana. Tail densely haired, sharply bicolored ; upper 

 surface of feet pure white; throat, chest, middle line of 

 belly and region between the hind legs pure white to the 

 base of the hairs; other underparts grayish, the hairs 

 white at tip and plumbeous at base. 



Measurements (taken in the flesh). — Total leno-th, 322; 

 tail vertebra, 158; hind foot, 32; ear (from crown), 26. 



Color. — Upper parts pale yellowish-brown, much lined 

 with black and with black-tipped hairs. On the sides the 

 darker shades gradually disappear, leaving an almost pure 

 light yellowish area along the line of separation from the 

 white of the underparts; this yellowish streak is brightest 

 on the flanks and in front of the shoulders. Throat, 

 chest, median line of belly and patch between hind legs 

 pure white, the color extending to the base of the hairs. 

 The white area of the chest is continued out along the 

 inner side of the fore legs. The other underparts are 

 grayish-white in appearance, the hairs being broadly 

 white at tip and dark plumbeous at base. The hind legs 

 appear darker, owang to the narrowing of the white tips 

 of the hairs. The yellowish-brown of the upper parts 

 extends down on the outer side of the legs, stopping ab- 

 ruptly at the wrist and ankle, leaving the feet pure white. 

 Ears clothed with brown and grayish hairs; whiskers 



2D Ser.. Vol. in. May 9^ 189^ 



