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MAMMALIA. 



b. Ale, skull $ Tanksee, Thibet, F. Stoliczka. 



13,000, ft. 17-9-73. 

 c Ale. $ Pankong Lake, Thibet, F. Stoliczka. 



20-9-73. 

 d-e. 2 Skins. Tanksee, 17-9-73 ?• Stoliczka. 



/. Skin. Pankong Lake, Thibet, F. Stoliczka. 



20-9-73. 

 g. Skin, skull. Yarkand Exped. F. Stoliczka. 



Arvicola amphibius. 



Mus amphibius, Linnieus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 82 (1766). 

 Mus terrestris, Linnaus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 82 (1766). 

 Lemnus schermaus, F. Cuvier. Diet. Sci. Nat., vi, p. 307 (1817). 

 Arvicola argentoratensis, Desmarest Mamm., p. 281 (1820). 

 Arvicola pertinax, Savi. Mem. scientif. Pisa (1828)*. 

 Arvicola ater, Macgillivray Mem. Wern. Soc, vi, p. 424 (1832). 

 Arvicola monticola, Selys-Longchamps Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuv., p. 249 (1838). 

 Arvicola musignani, Selys-Longchamps Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuv., p. 8 (1839). 

 Arvicola destructor, Savi Giorn. Lett. Pisa, p. 102 (1839)*. 

 Arvicola amphibius, Blasius Saugeth. Deutsch,, p. 344 (1857); Blyth Cat. 

 no. 406, p. 124. 



The Water Rat. 



Distrihution. — The whole Palseartic region. 



a. Skin 

 i.e. 2 Skins and 

 skulls. 

 Ale, skull S 

 2 Stuffed 

 Stuffed 

 Skeleton 

 mted. 



d. 



e-f. 



g- 



h. 



Cambridgeshire 



Norway 

 England 



England 



R. C. Tytler, A.S.B. 

 Brit. Mus. [Ex.] 



Christiania Univ. (185,6), A.S.B. 

 A. D. Bartlett (1842J, A.S.B. 

 Montrose Museum, A.S.B. 

 ]. H. Gurney (i860), A.S.B. 



Arvicola nivalis. 



Arvicola nivalis, Martins Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuv., p. 331 (1842); Blasius 



Saugeth. Deutsch., p. 3S9 ; Blyth Cat., no. 407, p. 124. 

 Hypudaeus alpinus, Wagner Schreber Saugeth., Suppl., iii, p. 576 (1843). 

 Arvicola lebrunii, Crespon, Faune Merid., i, p. 77 (1844)*. 

 Arvicola leucurus, Gerbe Rev. Mag. Zool., p. 260, pi. xi (1852)*. 

 Hypudaeus petrophilus, Wagner, Miinch Gel. Anz., p. 307(1853). 



Distribution. — The Alpine regions of Europe, including the 

 Pyranees. 



a. Skin Mt. St. Gothard A. Malherbe, A.S.B. 



Sub-genus AGRICOLA. 



Arvicola agrestis. 



Mus agrestis, Linnmus Faun. Suec, p. ii, no. 30 (1761). 

 Mus gregarius, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 84 (1766). 



