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ARVICOLA DRUMMONDII . — A v d . and Bach. 
Drummond’s Meadow-Mouse. 
PLATE CXXXY. Figure with Short Tail. — Summer pelage. 
A. Corpore supra fusco, infra fusco-cinereo, ad latera rufo tincto, 
robustiore et paulo majore quam in A. Pennsylvanica ; auriculis vellere 
fere occultis ; cauda brevi, capitis dimidium subequante. 
CHARACTERS. 
Body, above, dark brown; beneath, dull brownish-gray tinged with red. 
Stouter and rather larger than Wilson 1 s JWcadow-Mouse (A. Pennsylvanica); 
ears, scarcely visible beyond the fur ; tail, short, about half the length of the 
head. 
SYNONYMES. 
Arvicola Noyeboracensis — Sharp-nosed Meadow-Mouse. Rich., F. B. A., p. 126. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Body, thick ; head, of moderate size, tapering from the ears to the nose ; 
nose, slender and more acute than in many other Arvico/ce, projecting a 
little beyond the incisors, which are rather large. 
Ears, rounded, scarcely visible beyond the fur ; tail, covered with short 
hairs, scarcely concealing the scales, converging to a point at the tip ; legs, 
very short ; feet, rather small ; claws, weak and compressed ; a very minute 
nail occupies the place of the thumb ; the fur is a little coarser than that 
of A. Pennsylvanica. 
The whiskers, which are not numerous, reach the cheeks. 
COLOUR. 
Hair on the back, and upper part of the head, grayish-black from the 
roots to near the tips, which are reddish-brown terminated with black ; 
the resulting colour is an intimate mixture of brown and black, appearing 
in some lights dark reddish-brown, in others yellowish-brown mixed with 
blackish ; around the eyes, yellowish-red ; there is a lightish space behind 
the eaps and along the sides ; under surface, yellowish-gray, mingling on 
