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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



about 18.5 mm. in occipito-iiasal length aud 12.5 mm. iu zygomatic 

 breadth; mandible, 14 mm. It has no tangible characters to distin- 

 guish it from the skulls of the other large subspecies. 



Teeth. — The teeth of typical Yesiyertilio fusciis (fig. 2G a) do not differ 

 appreciably in form or size from those of the other large cnntinental 

 subspecies. They average slightly smaller, however, than in V\ f>iyr: v 

 miradorcnsis, and the crown of the middle upper molar is u> 

 narrower. 



Measurements, — See table, page 103. 



Sj)eeime7is examined. — Total number, 33G, from the following localities ; 



Alabama: Greensboro, 1. - . . 



Arkansas: Fort Towsoii, 1. 



Arizona: Apaclie, 4; Santa Catalina Monntains, 3 (skins); Chiricahua Monn- 

 taius, 1 (skin); Gnadalupe Canon, Cochise County, 2 (skins); Fort Yerde, 

 2 (Iskin); Fort Huacliuca,, 9; Huachuca Mountains, 4 (skins); New River, 

 2; San Francisco Mountain, 6; Yuma, 1. 



British Columbia: Ashcroft, 2 (skins). 



California: Bear Yalley, San Bernardino County, 2; Cassel, 2; Cloverdale, 1; 

 Dulzura, 3 (Iskin); Horse Corral Meadows, Fresno County (altitude, 8,000 

 feet), 1; Kern Lakes, North Fork Kern River (altitude, 7,000 feet), 1; Kern 

 River, 6; Kernville, 1; South Fork Kings River, 2 ; Loue Pine, 7 ; Little Kern 

 River, 3; Mount Shasta, 2 (skins); Mount AYhitney, 2; Nevada City, 6; 

 Nicasio, 63 ; Owens Lake, 1 ; Old Fort Tejon, 1 ; Pine Yalley, 4 (skins) ; Poso 

 Creek, Kern County, 1 (skin) ; Round Yalley, 1 ; Raymond, 2 ; Santa Barbara, 



' 2; Sequoia National Park, 9; Sherwood, 1; Twin Oaks, San Diego County, 

 3; Three Rivers, 1; Tehachapi, 1; Yisalia, 2; AYalker Basin, Kern County, 

 4; Yosemite Yalley, 2. 



Colorado: Loveland, 6 (skins. Miller coll.). 



Connecticut : Norfolk, 2. 



District of Columbia: Washington, 53 (33 skins). 



Georgia: Riceboro, 1. 



Idaho: Fort Sherman, 1, 



niinois: Richland County, 1 ; AYarsaw, 4. 



Kansas: Fort Riley, 2; Neosho Falls, 1 (skin). 



Maine: Eastport, 4. 



Massachusetts: Cambridge, 4; ^Yilmiugton, 6 (skins). 

 Mississippi : Bay St. Louis, 2. 



Missouri: Marble Cave, Stone County, 5; St. Louis, 1, 



Montana: Big Snowy Mountains,!; Prospect Creek, 2; Kalispell, 2; Milk 

 River, 1. 



Nevada: Pyramid Lake, 4; Carson Yalley, 1. 

 New Hampshire : Charlestown, 1. 

 New York : Hammondville, 6 ; Sing Sing, 13. 

 Ontario: Toronto, 1 (skin). 



Oregon: Anna Creek, 3; Des Chutes River, 4 (skins); Fort Klamath, 2. 

 Pennsylvania: Carlisle, 1; Center County, 2 (skins). 



South Dakota: Smithville, 5; Custer, 1; Cheyenne River, 1; Fort Pierre, 1; 



Fort Meade, 1. 

 Texas: Brazos River, 1. 



Utah: Cache County, 1; Laketown, 1; Ogden, 5; St. George, 4. 

 Washington : Spokane Bridge, 2 ; Geyser Basin, 1. 



General remarlis. — In size and general appearance typical Vesper- 

 tilio fuscus occupies a somewhat intermediate position among the Nort^ 

 American subspecies. It is considerably smaller than miradorensi 



