YELLOW-CHEEKED MEADOW-MOUSE. 
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In some portions of the far north these hardy little animals are 
abundant : they were common in Labrador, and were easily captured by 
turning up some of the patches of moss, as just mentioned, when they were 
knocked oyer by the young men of our party. 
We are told that this species has seven young at a time. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
The original specimen described by Leach, was obtained from Hudson’s 
Bay : we procured several in Labrador. 
Although supposed, by some writers, to exist within the limits of the 
United States, we have never been able to refer any species of Arvicola 
that has been discovered in our States or territories to this particular 
animal. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
As before stated, Leach described this Arvicola, and he also gave a very 
poor figure of it ; Say supposed it to exist on the banks of the Ohio, but 
we think he had in view a different species ; Harlan appears not to have 
seen it, but gives the short description of Leach, stating, however, that it 
exists in Pennsylvania and Ohio, which we presume was owing to his 
having mistaken for it some variety of W ilson’s meadow-mouse (A. Penn- 
sylvania :a ) ; Godman seems to have fallen into a similar mistake ; and the 
Arvicola xanthognatha of Sabine is evidently the A. Pennsylvanica of Ord. 
Dr. DeKay says it is found in various parts of the State of New York, 
but we have not been able to procure it, although we have sought for it for 
years ; and moreover we feel obliged to state that the description (which 
is a very unsatisfactory one), and the figure given in the “ Zoology of the 
State of New York,” refer to quite a different animal, probably one among 
the many varieties of A. Pennsylvanica. 
W e feel little hesitation in stating that this species does not exist in any 
part of the United States, but is exclusively a northern animal. 
