JiIUS 



871 



1 al. Alderney, Channel Is- W. Eagle Clarke (p). 98. 9. 29. 7. 

 lands. 

 2 S, 3 ?. Holme, Mandal, Nor- R. J. Cuninghame 8. 8. 9. 14-18. 

 way. (o & p). 



<5. Untervatz, Grisons, 0. Thomas (p). 4.4.5.45. 



Switzerland. 



(E. H. Zollikofer.) 

 3 6, 9. St. Gallen. 0. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 41-44. 



(E. H. Zollikofer.) 



Mus MUSCULUS AZ0RICCS Schinz. 



1845. M[us] azoricus Schinz, Synops. Mamm., n, p. 161 (Azores). 



1355. Musculus molUssimus Dehne, Allgem. deutsohe Naturhist. Zeitung, 



Dresden, neue Folge, i, p. 443. (Monte Pollino, Basilioata, 



Italy). 



Type locality. — Azore Islands. 



Geographical distribution. — Mediterranean region ; Azores. 



Diagnosis. — General colour less dusky and more yellowish 

 than in M. musculus musculus, the underparts buffy greyish. 



Measurements. — Adult male and female from Elche, Alicante, 

 Spain : head and body, 84 and 84 ; tail, 92 and 86 ; hind foot, 

 18 and 18 - 4; ear, 14-8 and 14. Two adult females from near 

 Nimes, Gard, France : head and body, 88 and 91 ; tail, 86 and 

 88; hind foot, 175 and 17 - 5; ear, 13-5 and 14-4. Average 

 and extremes of ten adults from Sorrento, Italy : head and body, 

 85-5 (78-93); tail, 88-6 (82-94); hind foot, 17-7 (17-18-6). 

 Average and extreme of ten adults from Palermo, Sicily : head 

 and body, 85 -7 (82-92); tail, 82-2 (78-85); hind foot, 17-4 

 (17-18 • 4). For cranial measurements see Table, p. 872. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and ninety, from the following 

 localities : — 



Portugal : San Miguel, Azores, 6 ; Estoril, 1 ; Cintra, 2. 



Spain : Pajares, Leon, 2 ; Silos, Burgos, 2 ; Bejar, Salamanca, 3 ; 

 Dehesa de Valencia, Valencia, 1 ; Elche, Alicante, 2 ; Venta del Baul, 

 Granada, 5 ; San Cristobal, Minorca, Balearic Islands, 1. 



France : Biarritz, Basses-Pyrenees, 2 ; Ax-les-Thermes, Ariege, 1 ; 

 l'Hospitalet, Ariege, 1; Porte, Pyrenees-Orientales, 1; near Nimes, 

 Gard, 8; St. Gilles, Gard, 1; St. Paul, Basses-Alpes, 6; La Poce di 

 Vizzavona, Corsica, 1. 



Italy : Acceglio, Cuneo, 1 ; Calappiano, Empoli, 3 ; Florence, 11 

 (BM. and U.S.N.M.) ; Borne, 2; Sorrento, 24 (U.S.N.M.) ; Marsala, 

 Sicily, 1 ; Palermo, Sicily, 59 (B.M. and U.S.N.M.) ; Taormina, Sicily, 10 

 (U.S.N.M.) ; Lanusei, Sardinia, 1 (U.S.N.M.). 



Greece : Corfu, 22 ; Patras, 6 ; Athens, 4 (U.S.N.M.) ; Argostoh, 

 Cephalonia, 1. 



5 S, 9. San Miguel, Azores. Hon. W. Rothschild 3. 6. 5. 17-22. 

 ( W. B. Ogilvic-Orant.) (p). 



6 Estoril, Portugal. ' 0. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 2. 36. 



$ ? Cintra. O. Thomas (c & p). 98. 2. 2. 28-29. 



S, 9. Pajares, Leon. 0. Thomas (p). 8. 2. 9. 133-134. 

 IN. Gonzalez.) 



9. Silos, Burgos. G. S. Miller (c). 8. 8. 4. 109. 



