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Specimens in fair condition; skulls have been removed from 

 Nos. 5833, 5834 for examination; fore legs folded on breast, 

 hind feet extended posteriorly; tail not skinned out, disposed 

 posteriorly. In No. 145278 the tip of tail is broken off. 



The long ears, pelage quality, general size, and cranial char- 

 acters of these specimens all indicate their identity with Per- 

 omyscus truei gilberti. 



Neotoma albigula venusta True 



"N[eotoma] Mexicana" (part), Cooper, Zoology, in 

 Cronise, The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 444. 



"Neotoma mexicana Baird" (part). Cooper, Proc. CaL 

 Acad. Sci., 4, 1870, p. 74 (Colorado Valley). 



"Neotoma Mexicana" (part). Cooper, Amer. Nat., 3, 1869, 

 p. 477 (Said to be common and very large in the Colorado 

 Valley). 



Specimens examined. — Three: Nos. 5608, 5609, 5610, Univ. 

 Calif. Mus. Vert. Zool. No. 5608; obverse of label "91 Neo- 

 toma mexicana, Baird, Mexican Bush Rat, [printed strips 

 pasted on] 5 Ft. Mojave Feb. 15 '61 J. G. C"; reverse of 

 label, eleven measurements. No. 5609 : obverse of label "92 

 Neotoma mexicana 5 Ft. Mojave, Col'do R. Feb. 16 '61. J. 

 G. C." No. 5610: obverse of label "104 Neotoma mexicana 5 

 Ft. Mojave, Col'do R. Feb. 20 '61 J. G. C"; reverse, ten meas- 

 urements. 



Skulls inside; fore feet either extended anteriorly and tied 

 together, or else folded posteriorly on breast, hind feet ex- 

 tended posteriorly, tied together; abdominal slit not always 

 sewed up; tails left unskinned, extended posteriorly. 



These specimens were identified by Major E. A. Goldman of 

 the U. S. Biological Survey. 



Neotoma intermedia intermedia Rhoads 



"N{eotoma'\ Mexicana" (probably part), Cooper, Zoology, 

 in Cronise, The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 444. 



"Neotoma mexicana Baird" (probably part), Cooper, Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., 4, 1870, p. 68 (not extending north of the 

 "Southern Coast Slope" of California). 



