70 NEOTOMA. 



Color. Top of head and one-third of upperparts pale drab-gray 

 mixed with dusky or rusty hairs; rest of upperparts pale ochraceous- 

 buff, more ochraceous on dorsal line; cheeks and flanks pale drab-gray, 

 underparts white; hands and feet white; tail above blackish, beneath 

 grayish. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 370; tail, 165; hind foot, 41. Skull: 

 Total length, 47.4; Hensel, 39.6; zygomatic width, 24.6; intertempo- 

 ral width, 6.4; length of nasals, 18.2; palatal length, 6.4; length of 

 upper molar series, 8.4; length of mandible, 24; length of lower molar 

 series, 8.4. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



It* will be noticed that the above description does not agree with 

 that of Mr. Goldman (/. c.) as he makes the entire upperparts pale 

 drab-gray, while the type has only about one-third of the upperparts 

 of that color. 



Neotoma intermedia perpallida Goldman. 



Neotoma intermedia perpallida Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XXII, 1909, p. 139. 



Type locality. San Jose Island, Gulf of California, Mexico, Lower 

 Sonoran Zone. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. intermedia but smaller and paler. 



Color. Top of head grizzled; upperparts pale drab-gray, tinged 

 with rusty 'or cinnamon, darkest on lower back; cheeks and flanks light 

 buff paler than upperparts; -underparts white, under fur plumbeous; 

 hands and feet white; tail above pale grayish, beneath white. Ex 

 type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 308.4; tail, 151.9; hind foot, 32.6. 

 Skull: Badly broken. Zygomatic width, 22; length of nasals, 16.8; 

 length of upper molar series, 9.6; length of mandible, 18.8; length of 

 lower molar series, 8. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Mr. Goldman in his description makes the cheeks and flanks drab- 

 gray, but in the type I find these parts are a light buff. 



Neotoma intermedia vicina Goldman. 



Neotoma intermedia vicina Goldm., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXII, 

 1909, p. 140. 



Type locality. Espiritu Santo Island, off east coast of southern 

 Lower California, Mexico. 



Geogr. Distr. Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. 

 Lower Sonoran Zone and upper border of arid Tropical Zone. 



Genl. Char. Nearest to N. i. perpallida but darker in color. 



Color. Top of head and upperparts pale buff and rusty, plumbeous 

 of under fur affecting slightly the general color; darkest on dorsal 



