FAMILY MURID.E. j^,j 



THE LIGHT-COLORED MEADOW-MOUSE. 



ArvICOLA ALBO-Rt-FESCEVS. 

 PLATE XXIV. FIG. 1.- (COLLECTION OF I'ROF. EMMONS.) 

 Arvicoh aU.o-mfesce,is. E.mmons, Mass. Report, le-IO, p. fio. 



CharacterisUcs. Light yellowish above, Hgliter beneath. Length five inches. 

 Description Body compact. Head conical, moderate, with a slightly convex outline 



futow Erf , '^ "" r • ""''' ^"^" ^"^ ^''''^'^- N-^"l^ 1^^--I. with a Sing 



clawed, the three medial subequal. Tail slender <,rpK. «r>ov=„i . 'ori nairs , fivc- 



f^^ <• .1, T i<"J sienaer, scalj-, sparsely covered with rigid hair*; n 



fev^ of them extending 0- 15 beyond the tips. In cabinet .specimens, the desiccation he 

 ail gn.s It a somewhat nodulous appearance. Upper incisors short, yellow ad convxl 



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enamel; the middle, of lour ; a^ ^ ;r ■ "l^^—lt: :;^^^^^ 



Color. All the upper part of the head and body, and the sides, drab, with a tinge of reddi.h • 

 beneath greyish, with a tinge of sulphur yellow. All the fur whit at base Feet ,' 



brownish, the latter cinereous beneath. -reet ami tail 



Length of head and body, . 3-08. Length of fore legs, . 0-6 



Ditto tail (vertebra.), ... 1.0.3. Ditto of hind legs " , -o' 

 Ditto of ears, o-2.5. 



For an opportunity of examining this animal, I am indebted to Prof. Emmons who obtained 

 n on US form or nest, with another of the same shape and color. The color of itLlyest r 

 It probable that it was not an albino. It appears to be very rare ^ 



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