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dant along Schoharie creek, especially about farms and buildings. On 

 the right side of Schoharie creek it was found sparingly distributed 

 around the lower third of East Kill mountain, but was nowhere abundant 

 above the creek bottom. On the left side it was not found above 2000 

 feet altitude. ... In the Highlands of the Hudson P. leucopus is 

 abundant, but in the highest parts where the black spruce and tamarack 

 grow, no species of Peromyscus could be found. In other words where 

 P. canadensis should have been found the genus was unrepresented " 

 ('9 8b > P- 35°)- 



I have taken the northeastern white-footed mouse at Geneva, Ontario 

 co.; Peterboro, Madison co. and Elizabethtown, Essex co. At Peterboro 

 and Elizabethtown it occurs in association with P. canadensis, the habi- 

 tats of the two animals overlapping at the edges of forests and wood- 

 lands. 



Mr Savage reports the animal common about Buffalo. 



Of the white-footed mouse on Long Island Mr Helme writes : " This is 

 an abundant species on all parts of the island. During cold weather 

 several will often be found occupying one nest. I have taken as many 

 as 16 at one time in a nest under a hollow log." 



PeromySCUS canadensis (Miller) Canadian white-footed mouse 

 1842 Mas leucopus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia, p. 82 

 (part). 



1858 Hesperomys myoides ■. Baird, Mam. N. Am. p. 472 (part). 

 1884 Hesperomys leucopus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 

 2 : 165 (part). 



1893 Sitomys americanus canadensis Miller, Biolog. soc. Washington. 



Proc. 20 June 1893. 7 : 55. 

 1896 Peromyscus canadensis Bangs, Biolog. soc. Washington. Proc. 



19 Mar. 1896. 10:49. 

 1898 Peromyscus canadensis Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21:350. 



Type locality. Peterboro, Madison co., New York. 

 Faunal position. Canadian zone. 



Habitat. While the Canadian white-footed mouse is primarily an in- 

 habitant of dense, damp forests it may be found in an almost endless 

 variety of situations. 



Distribution in New York. The Canadian white-footed mouse occurs 

 throughout the extensive Canadian forests in the northern part of the 

 state and in isolated colonies further south, where elevation or dense 

 damp woodland gives it essentially Canadian environment. 



