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county, and from Salem, in Marion.county. The latter locality is 
probably near the northern limit of its range. 
The golden mouse is easily recognized by its color, which is a 
rich tawny-ochraceous above and creamy white below. Nothing 
seems to be known of the habits of this most beautiful animal. I 
found it living with the white-footed wood-mouse, both being taken 
under the same log; but while the wood-mouse was taken also on 
the wooded hills in the vicinity, the golden mouse seemed to be 
limited to the low woods bordering the swamps. Kennicott says 
that the golden mouse takes to a tree readily when pursued, and 
that in the vicinity of Salem it often built nests in the branches of 
low trees. Its nests ‘‘were like birds’ nests, but covered at top, 
with a small opening on the side.”’ 
FLORIDA WOOD-RAT. 
Neotoma floridana (Ord). 
Mus floridana Ord, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1818, p. 181. 
There is a single specimen of this species in our collection, taken 
by A. Hempel at the Quiver Cut-off, at Havana, Ill., July 17, 1895. 
It was found in a log on shore. 
This wood-rat closely resembles the common brown rat in ap- 
pearance, but the color on the back and sides is rufous, and the feet 
are pure white. In the southern part of the United States it is said 
to be common along streams. According to Knox,* ““They build 
nests by piling up sticks and pieces of bark, to the height of two or 
three feet, often about the base of a tree or stump. In the middle 
of these piles they have a nest of dried grass and leaves.”’ 
Kennicott published a plate of the wood-rat + but gave no in- 
formation in regard to it. I find no record of its occurrence within 
the state. 
**“Kansas Mammalia,’ Trans. Kan. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV., p. 21. 
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