ORYZOMYS. 249 



Genus 129. Oryzomys. Rice Kats. 



Oryzomys Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 458. Type Mus palus- 

 tris Harlan. 

 Oligoryzomys Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Club, i, 1900, p. 94, pi. 

 I, fig. 2. 



Subgenus A. Oryzomys. 



409. Oryzomys palustris (Harlan). 



Mus palustris Harl., Am, Jour. Scien. & Arts, xxxi, 1837, p. 385. 

 Hesperomys palustris Wagn., Schreb. Saugth., Suppl., in, 1843, 



p. 543. 

 Arvicola oryzivora Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Am., iii, 1853, p. 214, 



pi. CXLIV, fig. 3. 

 Oryzomys palustris texensis Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 

 1894, p. 177. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 

 1901, p. 147. Zool. Ser. 

 Oryzomys palustris Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 147. Zool. Ser. Id. Check-L. Mamm. N. Amer. 

 Cont. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 180. Zool. Ser. 

 Swamp Rice Rat. 



I. Adult c? Exch. Raleigh, North Carolina. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y. H. H. Brimley. 

 2-3. Adult 9 Coll. Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. T. Surber. 

 4-8. Adult c? Coll. Riceboro, Georgia. T. Surber. 

 9. Adult ? Coll. Riceboro, Georgia. T. Surber. 



10. Adult 6^ Coll. St. Marys, Georgia. T. Surber. 



11. Adult 9 Coll. St. Marys, Georgia. T. Surber. 

 12-15. Adult 6" Coll. New Berlin, Florida. T. Surber. 

 16-19. Adult ? Coll. New Berlin, Florida. T. Surber. 



20. Adult d^ Exch. Rockport, Texas. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y. H. P. Attwater. 



21. Adult ? Exch. Rockport, Texas. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 N. Y. H. P. Attwater. 



22. Adult 6^ Pres. Okefenoke Swamp, Charlton Co., Georgia. 

 B. T. Gault. 



410. Oryzomys natator (Chapman) . 



Oryzomys palustris natator Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



N. Y., 1893, p. 44. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., II, 1901, p. 147. Zool. Ser. 

 Oryzomys natator Elliot, Check-L. Mamm. N. x\mer. Cont. 8c W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., vi, 1905, p. 181. Zool. Ser. 



