MUUIDiE— 8IOMODONTES— SIOMODON UISPIDUS. 



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Tadlk VIII.— Afcasurcmcnfa 0/ thirty-iiitie tpcoiment of Sia.MOOO.N from the Southern United Statos and Mexico. 



* There Is some mistake In Professor Bolrd's measurement of No. 34 (0.00 long ; tall. 4.35) i tho spedmeu does not show 

 these dimensions. 



t Typo of «. '■ twrlandtsri ", Baird. 



; Kupresentinff Ur^penmya {DciUmyt) " toltteua '\ Do Sausevrfl. 



If these specimens are all really of one species (as wc hold, and aim to 

 prove), the limits of variation are set somewhat further apart, as would be 

 expected from the extent of country, representing different climatic conditions. 



Excluding Nos. 8 and 8820 as ol)viously overstuffed (they could not 

 have exceeded 6.00 in the flesh), the length of the body remains substantially 



