222 Fretp Museum or Natura History — Zoétocy, Vor. XI. 
the burrow; and at one side, and in the deepest part of the excavation, 
was the store of winter provisions. This consisted of 5 or 6 quarts of 
roots, chiefly the round tubers of two species of spike-flowers (liatris), 
which grow abundantly in the vicinity, with a few roots of helianthus, 
and of various grasses, and several bulbs of wild onions.” (J. ¢., pp. 
98-99.) 
Kennicott also states that in confinement they were practically 
omnivorous and very pugnaceous; two males which he placed in a cage 
fought savagely and one killed and partly devoured the other. Several 
others, which he had in captivity, ate an astonishing amount of food, 
including corn, carrots, fresh meat and almost anything offered them. 
He also says: “They drank a great deal of water, soon perishing when 
left long without it, or some moist food.” (J. ¢., p. 100.) 
Specimens examined from Illinois and adjoining states: 
Illinois — Golconda, Pope Co., 7; Rosiclare, Hardin Co., 15; Fox Lake, 
Lake Co., 6; Galena, Jo Daviess Co., 2; Olive Branch, Alexander Co., 
22; Ozark, Johnson Co., 1; Reevesville, Johnson Co., 2= 56. 
Indiana — La Porte, 2. 
Iowa — Knoxville, 3. 
Microtus minor Merriam, LitrLtE MEapow Movuse or LITTLe 
Vote. It is not unlikely that this form may occur in northwestern 
Wisconsin, as it has been recorded from eastern Minnesota. It may 
be distinguished from ochrogaster by its small size and smaller and 
narrower skull. A sixth tubercle on hind foot is usually present, 
though small. The Field Museum collection contains specimens from 
Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 
Subgenus PITYMYS McMurtrie. 
Plantar tubercles 5; crown of third upper molar showing 4 loops, the 
middle ones forming 2 closed triangles; mamme 4, inguinal; skull flat 
and wide. For characters distinguishing other subgenera, see page 213. 
Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides (Aup. & Bacu.). 
More Mouse. More Pint Mouse. MOoteE-LIKE VOLE. 
Arvicola scalopsoides Aub. & Bacu., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1841, p. 97- 
KENNICOTT, Agr. Rept. for 1856, U. S. Patent Office Rept., 1857, p. 102. 
Arvicola kennicotti BARD, Mammals N. Amer., 1857, p. 547 (Illinois). 
Arvicola pinetorum EVERMANN & BUTLER (part), Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1893 (1894), 
p. 127 (Indiana). 
Microtus pinetorum scalopsoides BaiLey, N. A. Fauna, No. 17, 1900, p. 64 (Indiana, 
Illinois, etc.). Lantz, U.S. Dept. Agr., Biol. Surv., Bull. No. 31, 1907, p. 19- 
Haun, Ann. Rept. Dept. Geol. & Nat. Resources Ind., 1908 (1909), p. 516 
(Indiana). 
