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Show 1900.] MUS SYLVATICUS AND ITS ALLIES. 425 ITALY : 2 tfs, 2 $s. Apr. 9 & 10, 1895, A. H. Savage Landor. Apparently young, of which the largest (a d) measured 3Ius sylvaticus celticus. 2 d s, 4 2 s. Caragh Lake, Kerry, 1 Max. Ireland, Nov. to Dec, Col. J. I Mean W . Yerbury. J Min. d & 2 • Femoyle, Castle Gregory, Co.Kerry, Ireland, various dates in winter, G. A. Passingham. 1 d, 3 2 s- Wood park, Galway, Ireland, Feb. 13 to Mar. 19, 1896 R. F. Hibbert. $. Skye, N.B., June 24, 1895, J. Steele Elliott. Head and body. mm. 102 90 85-3 80 Tail. mm. 84 84 80-8 75 87 84 94 85-8 82 84 Hind foot. mm. 21 25 22-3 20 23-5 21 23 21-25 20 21 Ear. S t ku11' extreme length. mm. mm. 16 15 14-6 14 15 16 16 15-5 14 13 25 Mus sylvaticus hebridensis. 3 c* s, 1 2 • Lewis, Outer Hebrides, W . E. de Winton (from ' Zoologist,' op. cit.). Max. Mean Min. 112 108 106 100 97-5 95 25 24 25 23-5 16 15-75 15 Mus sylvaticus hirtensis. St. Kilda: 1 d- H. Evans, 1898 (e coll. Barrett- Hamilton, no. 556). 2, in alcohol. Ditto 107 110 91 94 24-5 24 17 15 29 Mus sylvaticus typicus. Upsala, Sweden (e coll. Smith- ] d- 95 sonian Institution, Washington, > $ 93 D.C, U.S.A.). J (nursing). Hillerod, Zealand, Denmark, alti-] d- 104 tude 10 m., May-June 1898, J, 103 Oldfield Thomas. Almost topotypical of M. fiavicollis Melchior. Mus sylvaticus, subsp. incert. Bergen, Norway: 4 ds- QS Coll. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, U.S.A.) 3 $8. (Ditto.) 88 93 895 95 93 83 92 89 66 111 114 125 110 62-5 99 89 98 103 21 20 25 24 17 26 17-5 [One skull from this locality reached 27.] #26 *26 *24-5 *23 #22-5 #24 #24-5 t27 J25 (nursing) * These measurements include the claws. t Teeth partly worn. { Teeth much worn. Mus sylvaticus wintoni. 3 d s, 1 2 • Graftonbury, Hereford- f Max. 108 108 shire, England. (£Coll. W . E A Mean 110-75 111-75 de Winton.) 1 Min. 115 112 23 23-75 24 18 18 18 29 28 27 |
