MICROTUS 673 



Average aud extremes of seven adults from Brunswick, Germany : 

 head and body, 116-2 (109-123) ; tail, 38-8 (36-44) ; hind foot, 

 17 - 2 (16 '6-18). Young-adult male from Guines, Pas-de-Calais, 

 France : head and body, 103 ; tail, 34 ; hind foot, 17. Young- 

 adult male from Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, France : head and 

 body, 98; tail, 32; hind foot, 17 ■ 6. Adult male from Porte, 

 Pyrenees-Orientales, France : head and body, 120 ; tail, 41 ; hind 

 foot, 17. For cranial measurements see Table, p. 678. 



Specimens examined. — Forty-five, from the following localities : — 



Denmark: Hillerod, Zealand, 3; Skansen, Lolland, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Germany : Brunswick, 28 (U.S.N.M.). 



Prance : Guines, Pas-de-Calais, 1 ; Dinan, C6tes-du-Nord, 1 ; Manon- 

 ville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 1 ; Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne, 3 ; Mont Dore, 

 Puy-de-Dome, 1 ; Solferino, Landes, 1 ; Foret-de-Bouconne, Gers, 1 ; 

 Porte, Pyrenees-Orientales, 2 ; l'Hospitalet, Ariege, 1 ; Pyrenees, no exact 

 locality, I, 



i, 2 9. Hillerod, Zealand, Den- 0. Thomas (c & p). 98. 6. 7. 20-22. 

 mark, 

 cj. Guines, Pas - de - Calais, 0. Thomas (c & p). 94. 6. 6. 18. 



France. 

 6. Manonville, Meurthe-et- Lord Lilford (p). 1. 11. 7. 12. 



Moselle. (Lomont.) 

 6, 9. Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 231-232. 



6: Solferino, Landes. O. Thomas (p). 6. 4. 1. 75. 



(A. Bobert.) 

 9. Foret de Bouconne, Gers. O. Thomas (p). 6. 4. 1. 76. 



(A. Bobert.) 

 <5, 9. Porte, Pyrenees-Orientales. G. S. Miller (c). 8.8.4.229-230. 



9. L'Hospitalet, Ariege. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 228. 



djuv. Mt. Dore, Puy - de - Dome, G. S. Miller (c). 8.8.4.227. 



4500 ft. 



Microtus ageestis hirtus Bellamy. 



1839. Arvicola hirta Bellamy, Nat. Hist. South Devon, p. 373 (Devonshire, 



England). 

 1847. A[rvicola] britannicus de Selys-Longchamps, Kevue Zoologique, 



1847, p. 307, October, 1847 (England). 

 1847. lArvicola] britannicus de Selys-Longchamps, Atti della ottona 



Biunione degli Scienziati Italiani, Genova, 1846, p. 495. 

 1857. Arvicola agrestis b. Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 369 (part). 

 1896. Microtus agrestis neglectus Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc, 



London, p. 602 (part). 

 1910. Microtus agrestis neglectus Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 176 (part). 



Type locality. — Yealmpton, Devonshire, England. 



Geographical distribution. — England and the lowlands of 

 southern Scotland. 



Diagnosis. — Size as in Microtus agrestis bailloni or slightly 

 smaller (hind foot, 17 to 18 mm.; condylobasal length of skull 

 in largest individuals, 24-5 to 26 mm.) ; skull with brain-case 



2 x 



