MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. 



.... Tliey are considered by the Indians to possess liigh gastronomic qual- 

 ities. To ascertain this I had one roasted secundum artetn. I found it 



excellent " 



Dr. Suckley gave some measurements, derived from examination of three 

 fresh specimens, as follows: — 



"MeaiuremenU of ipeclaenf. 



' From tip of noBO to base of tail 



' VuitcbrsBof tail 



'From InaeOf tail to tip of hair 



' From occipllal protubcranco to tip of nooe 



* DiHtanco ItntwcvD eara 



' Holglit of (.'Hrs pnstpriurly, about 



'Easy Kirtb of boail, measDrcd around the ean 



* OlfvraDOD to wrist 



' Midillo nail of fore paw, about '. 



' From wrUt to end of loujcrat nail 



' EsMy Rirlh behind Rhoulders 



' Extcut from moat projecting toe nail of bind foot to ditto of fo» foot, extreme atietflh . 



' From he*'l to end of middle too nail 



' LoDgeat vhinkera, about 



NaW,* 

 rf. 



No.»3,<f. 



t9.73t 

 I.M 

 8.37 

 a. 00 



.75 

 7.30 

 3.M 



.90 

 1.00 

 7.1S 

 U.00 



13.00 

 l.SO 

 l.ilSt 

 3.00{ 



Ko.04, $. 



18.35 

 1.50 

 3.85 



3.75{|| 



.75 



1.87 

 7.75 



laoo 



3.85 

 3.00' 



*Cultector'8 numbers. t Incbef and d(%lma1a. t Obvious misprint for 8 85. $" Nearly." jj Meant for 8.751 



A few years later, in 1864, Professor Peters {I. s. c.) described specimens 

 from Calif'>rnia as constituting a new variety, to which he applied the name 

 of Haplodon leporimis var. californicus. I havfi seen no specimens from that 

 region, nor is the material available at present sufficient to enable us to come 

 to final conclusions respecting the normal rate of susceptibility to individual 

 variation. The few s])eciinens, however, indicate tliat the nito is at least as 

 high as Ihat which lias been established for various mammals more or less 

 closely allied ; and, should such provu really the case, there would be no impro- 

 priety in considering var. cal{fornicus as strictly synonymous. 



F. — TABLKS OF MEASCBEMENT8. 



