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Show 1900.] MUS SYLVATICUS A N D ITS ALLIES. 423 Mus sylvaticus intermedins. GREAT BRITAIN : No. of items cfs. f Maximum, \ Mean [ Minimum No. of items Head and body. 62 mm. Ill 92-6 83 31 mm. {Maximum 110 Mean 92 Minimum 78 Tail. 61 mm. 103 88-2 67 31 mm. 98 84-5 70 Hind foot. 60 mm. 245 22-7 20 30 mm. 24 22-5 20 Percentage of specimens in which length of head and body exceeds that of tail Percentage of specimens in which length of tail equals or is less than head and body Percentage of specimens in which length of head and body exceeds 90 m m Percentage of specimens in which length of head and body exceeds 100 m m Percentage of specimens in which length of feet reaches 24 m m . Percentage of specimens in which length of feet does not reach 24 mm * Immature Specimens. d. Lowestoft, Suffolk, Aug. 25, 1894, Oldfield Thomas. cf. Rugby, Warwickshire, Jan. 2, 1894, A. S. Austen. d. Lyndhurst Road, New Forest, Hants, July 12, 1894, Col. J. W . Yerbury. 5» Chiswick, near London, Aug. 31,1897, Miss D. Sharpe. 2 (nursing). Hurlingham, near London, Aug. 31, 1897, R. I. Pocock. 5. Oheadle, Staffs., Nov. 13. 1897, E. W . H. Blagg. 2. Dunphail, Elginshire, Scotland, Sept. 19, 1893, W . R. Ogilvie Grant. IRELAND: 5 d s> 2 2 B- Rallaghmoon, Car-") low, Jan. 20 to Mar. 6, 1896, | Max. J. G. Symes (e coll. Barrett- )• Mean Head and body. mm. 85 78 81 83 90 64 57 Tail. mm. 79 85 83 90 71-5 74 57 Hind foot. mm. 23 21 22 20 20 20 19 Hamilton). F. Metcalfe. Measured by Mi in. 03 93 85 105 85 62 24 22-6 20 Ear. 26 ^ mm. 17-5 15-4 14 f- 12 mm. 17-5 I 16 14 ; cTs. ?s. 70 74 30 26 63 67 Skull, extreme length. 25 to 26 mm. 13 7 93 Ear. mm. 17 23 3 97 Skull, extreme length. mm. 23 25 25 24 223 20 * The length of foot, apart from the coloration, distinguishes these from Mus musculus, of which I take at random the following dimensions for comparison, viz.:- Head and T ••, Hind body. lai1, foot. d 83 78 17 2 79 72 16 |
