Notes on Some Staten Island Mammals 1 



By James Chapin 



Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides. Pine Mouse. 



In the Proceedings" for January, 1907, the capture of a pine 

 mouse at Woodrow, Staten Island, by Mr. Isaac E. Wort was 

 recorded, and it was stated that the species had hitherto been 

 overlooked on our island. The suggestion was also made that 

 pine mice might occur in other sandy. parts of Staten Island. Up 

 to the present time, however, we have no additional specimens 

 except from Woodrow, where Mr. Isaac Wort and his sons have 

 since caught about seven more. 



Those now in my possession are as follows: 



5 Woodrow, Staten Island, January 6, 1907, Isaac E. Wort. 



5 Woodrow, Staten Island, March 26, 1907, Isaac E. Wort. 



5 Woodrow, Staten Island, April 8, 1907, Isaac E. Wort. 



5 Woodrow, Staten Island, May 17, 1907, George Wort. 



A female with young was plowed up last spring by Mr. Wort, 

 but was devoured by a cat before it could be sent to me; and 

 another individual was captured and given to Mr. Wm. T. Davis. 



Zapus hudsonius americanus. Jumping Mouse. 



At the meeting of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 

 Sciences in October, 1905, I exhibited a live jumping mouse, 

 captured near the Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, which lived 

 subsequently in captivity until December 23, 1905. There were 

 then but few records of jumping mice on the island, but Dr. 

 Philip Dowell has told me that he has seen a number of them 

 during his botanical excursions. 



During the past two years I have also seen them more or less 

 regularly, and would now feel justified in saying that they are 

 not at all uncommon, though rather secretive. At Great Kills, 



1 Presented March 21, 1908. 



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